Thursday, November 12, 2009

TODAY: Decrowding Plan Deadline

Today is the deadline for the state to submit its decrowding plan to the Plata/Coleman panel. No indication so far as to whether it will comply and what the plan will look like. As a reminder, per the October 21 order, should the state fail to submit a plan, the court will turn to the petitioners for an alternative plan. Contempt proceedings, which were stayed, are a very remote possibility (plus, one might mockingly say, prisons are already full). Stay tuned and we will provide updates by tonight or tomorrow.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

There are so many of us anxiously awaiting an update....thank you for following this important issue and sharing!!

Allyson West said...

Here is a link to the story about the plan in the SF Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/12/MNMV1AJNHV.DTL&tsp=1

Allyson West
California Reentry Program

Allyson West said...

Here is the CDCR press release: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/2009_Press_Releases/Nov_12.html

Allyson West
California Reentry Program

Jerry Jarvis said...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/governor-to-submit-plan-this-evening-for-reducing-prison-crowding.html

Hadar Aviram said...

Thanks, folks. I have the full version of the plan now, and will post an analysis ASAP.