By Ali Budner
Guests:
Diana Zuniga, statewide organizer for Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)
Jeffrey Callison, press secretary at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
W. David Ball, assistant professor of law at Santa Clara University; and co-chair of the Corrections Committee of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section
Resources:
Californians United for Responsible Budget (CURB)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
CURB: Prison crowding: Gov. Brown can thank Supreme Court for political cover
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown signs legislation to reduce prison overcrowding
Huffington Post: Can Theater Help Solve California’s Prison Overcrowding Crisis?
Huffington Post: For-Profit Prisons are Big Winners of California’s Overcrowding Crisis
Capital Public Radio: California Gets More Time to Address Prison Overcrowding
Social Science Research Network: Tough on Crime (on the State’s Dime): How Violent Crime Does Not Drive California Counties’ Incarceration Rates – And Why it Should
Social Science Research Network: Normative Elements of Parole Risk