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Government

Aug. 1, 2002

State Has Worst Prison Crowding

WASHINGTON - Despite a 2 percent drop in the number of inmates held in its state and federal prisons, California has the worst prison overcrowding in the nation by a wide margin, according to government statistics out Tuesday.

By James Gordon Meek
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Despite a 2 percent drop in the number of inmates held in its state and federal prisons, California has the worst prison overcrowding in the nation by a wide margin, according to government statistics out Tuesday.
        Federal and state prisons in California are designed to...

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