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A panel of federal judges has ruled that California is not providing its prison population with adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce its prison population. The state says it will appeal. Anti-prison advocates talk with The Takeaway.
A panel of three federal judges has ruled that California is not providing its prison population with adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce its prison population by up to a third. The state says it will appeal. Anti-prison advocates Rose Braz, Campaign Director of Critical Resistance, and Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, join The Takeaway with a look at this case and how the economic crisis could impact criminal justice around the country