What solutions for California's overcrowded prisons?
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California has more inmates than any other US state - some 150,000 - and the reincarceration rate is the highest in the country, at 65%. Ordered by Supreme Court judges to reduce the number of inmates by 25%, the governor shifted thousands of criminals from state prisons into county jails. What difference does that make, and what else is being done? Our team in California went to investigate.
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Programme prepared by Elise Duffau and Patrick Lovett
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