Who should control California's prison budget? U.S. Supreme Court may weigh in
Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 08:51
in Mathematics & Economics
Judges have been intervening in prison management to mandate reforms, taking control from state corrections officials. Overcrowding is at the center of the case. A legal battle over who gets to control California's massive spending on prisons — judges or corrections officials — may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, with overcrowding at the state's 33 prisons at the center of the...