[lbo-talk] it's inevitable

[Dennis Claxton]

In 1984 there were 21 fewer prisons in California 
and 169,000 fewer people in them.   I thought 
this was a complicated story, but officials have 
broken it down.  More people equals more crime.

<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-prison22apr22,1,1461657.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage>http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-prison22apr22,1,1461657.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage

 From the Los Angeles Times


>April 22, 2006
>
>SACRAMENTO ­ Already bulging with inmates wedged 
>into gyms and hallways, California prisons must 
>make room for 23,000 more felons over the next 
>five years, according to new projections that 
>are forcing managers to explore still more 
>unusual options ­ even tents ­ to house bunks.
>
>The forecast, which outlines much steeper growth 
>than numbers released just six months ago, 
>predicts enough new convicts to fill five 
>prisons. California would have more than 193,000 inmates by 2011.

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>Though a recent report showed a decline in 
>California's recidivism rate, officials said the 
>state's overall population expansion inevitably 
>means more people breaking the law.

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