Governor Jerry Brown's so-called realignment plan was designed to respond to a federal court order to relieve overcrowding in state prison. But that plan is creating a new set of issues, including overcrowding in county jails, which are already in a state of duress.
That is the finding of a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California. For more on this we're joined by Paige St. John of the Los Angeles Times.
State prison overcrowding relief efforts create new issues for counties
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