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What is the solution to increase the california prison population increase? so in this case, we know that the reason that the california prison system increased is due to the 1994 law of three -structure out.
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So in this law, a lot of non -violent or third felony offense, they get longer sentence.
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Sentence.
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And this longer sentence significantly increased the population in the prisoner.
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So to actually reduce the overcrowdedness in those prison systems, there are several measures that have been taken to reduce overcrowdedness.
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So if you look at through all the options, the one that fits the actual measure that has been done is option b.
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So in 2006, the the governor at the time, schwarzenegger, issued a declare, i would say, a state of emergency due to the level of overcrowding in the state prison system.
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This is actually a substantial health and safety risk to the inmates and also the staff.
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Gap.
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So from may 2007, there are a lot of prisoners being transferred out of state to places that have lower, i would say, prisoners.
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So currently there are over 10 ,000 inmates that are in other states...