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California's
Prison
Population
Expected
to
Increase
Dramatically
12/20/97
California, which already has one of the highest per-capita incarceration
rates of any governmental entity on earth, has announced that it expects
the population of its state prison system to increase dramatically over
the next five years. According to the Orange County Register, state officials
said this week that that they expect that the number of Californians incarcerated
in the state system will increase by about 57,733 inmates, or 37%, to a
total of 213,420 by the year 2003.
It should be noted here that of young (18-29 years) African American
males in California, over 40% are currently under the "supervision"
of the criminal justice system. It should also be noted that in the 1996
state-wide election campaigns in California, the largest single campaign
contributor was the California Prison Guards Association.
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Issue #23, 12/20/97
California's Prison Population Expected to Increase Dramatically | California Court Rules Cannabis Buyers' Clubs Not Caregivers Under 215 | Report on Institute of Medicine's First Public Hearing on Medicinal Marijuana | Cannabis Decriminalization Conference in the UK | Health Canada Set to Approve Medical Marijuana on a Case-by-Case Basis | Media Alert from Families Against Mandatory Minimums | November Coalition Spearheads National Show of Protest | Editorial: The drug warriors claim they are "Protecting our children?" | How to Donate to DRCNet
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