In other prison news, a coalition of groups in California are filing a lawsuit today to stop the state from borrowing $12 billion to build 53,000 new prison beds. The expansion is considered the largest prison construction in US history. California has opened twenty-three new prisons in the past twenty-three years. Leading the opposition to the prison funding is the group Californians United for a Responsible Budget.
Lawsuit Filed to Stop California Prison Expansion
HeadlineMay 06, 2008