State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - Specifically, the court ruled that in order for CDCR to provide such care, overcrowding would have to be reduced to no more than 137. 5  p ercent of the design capacity of the prison system. (Design capacity generally refers to the number of beds that CDCR would operate if it housed only one inmate per prison cell.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - Specifically, the court found that prison overcrowding was the primary reason the state was unable to provide inmates with constitutionally adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce the population of the 34 p risons to below 137. 5  p ercent of their design capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Specifically, the court ruled that in order for CDCR to provide such care, overcrowding would have to be reduced to no more than 137. 5  p ercent of the design capacity of the prison system. (Design capacity generally refers to the number of beds that CDCR would operate if it housed only one inmate per cell.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023