Seven of 10 inmates released from prison in California return, one of the highest rates in the count

The California prison system is so crowded that 16,000 inmates, including these in Sacramento, are assigned cots in hallways and gyms. More Photos





The overcrowding is in large part an outgrowth of a general increase in the state’s population and its unusual sentencing structure and parole system.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/us/11prison.html