Judges Order Release of 10,000 California Prisoners

NBC Bay Area: Reducing the prison population “could be achieved through reform measures that would not adversely affect public safety, and might well have a positive effect. This is particularly true considering that California’s overcrowded prison system is itself, as the Governor as well as experts who have testified before the Court have recognized, a public safety hazard,” the San Francisco-based panel said in a 10-page order.