Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Governor Brown Says Prison Crisis Over










California Governor Jerry Brown speaks during a news conference to discuss major improvements to medical and mental health care in California's prisons, on Tuesday January 8, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. United States. The governor said the state has complied with a federal judge's order to
find ways to achieve further reductions in the number of inmates in the state's 33 prisons. He also announced that he has signed a proclamation ending the prison overcrowding emergency that has been in place since 2006. The move will allows the state to begin in July to phase out the use of private out-of-state prison beds for almost 9,000 inmates. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/PHOTOFORMULA.com)

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