tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post8135749062125043164..comments2024-02-28T05:56:28.293-08:00Comments on California Correctional Crisis: Judge Alsup: Death Row Conditions in San Quentin Reach Constitutional ThresholdHadar Aviramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-91031142851409292632009-04-17T08:19:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:19:00.000-07:00Hey, Simon! How good to see you here.
This is int...Hey, Simon! How good to see you here.<br /><br />This is interesting; at our conference last month, Judge Karlton offered several reasons as to why the litigation over health and mental health services is so endless. His take on that was that bureaucracies take a long time adjusting to fix a situation that's no one's priority. <br /><br />I wonder if the health services litigation will also take 30 years to end, or whether it will never end... the complicating factor in the latter is the receivership and its complex relationship with CDCR. <br /><br />Mixing Death Row inmates with general population will not necessarily improve their conditions, as the main criticism of SQ conditions (and there are many) has to do with horrific overcrowding: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92296114.Hadar Aviramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-29105970794850125702009-04-17T08:11:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:11:00.000-07:00Yep, Hadar
This is the end of a litigation that be...Yep, Hadar<br />This is the end of a litigation that began in 1979!!<br /><br />The main litigator for the prisoners and one of the founders of the now famous "Prison Law Office" at San Quentin, described the original settlement (Thompson v. Enomoto, 1979) as "the best of the country"...Are the conditions at SQ decent?<br /><br />This remains to be proved and it's not easy as CDC refused that any real field work be conducted there.<br /><br />All the best, your blog is great!<br /><br />SimonSimon Grivethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750501360350974066noreply@blogger.com