Los Angeles Times | September 19, 2009 | 4:30 p.m. Governor's prison plan would fall short of judges' demands
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger intends today to give federal judges a plan to reduce overcrowding that would take three times as long to do as they ordered -- and only if state lawmakers approve some of his proposals. The plan appears to set up a confrontation between the governor and the judges, who have already made it clear they are impatient. If they find that the state's proposal is a violation of the order they issued Aug. 4 for a prison plan, they could hold state officials in contempt. The judges could also ask inmates' attorneys to present their own plan to reduce overcrowding and order the state to implement it. Full story at http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/M92PHE/T3/t. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- California and the world: Visit http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/5CF5Y0/T3/t for up to the minute news. Mobile: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/GK8SPK/T3/t Follow @LATimes on Twitter: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/6VN4I2/T3/t Follow the L.A. Times on Facebook: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/XTY07B/T3/t Sign up for more email newsletters: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/9ZUK95/T3/t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Communication: You are receiving this email because you opted-in to receive Breaking News Alerts from the Los Angeles Times. You're currently subscribed to Los Angeles Times Breaking News with the address [email protected]. If you'd like to unsubscribe, please click here: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/JI0FLS/T3/t?a=TGL35X&[email protected]&c=51242192&d=GK8S9F You can also unsubscribe by modifying your profile on latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com/newsletters For information on how we protect your information, please read our privacy policy at http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/9Y2FO/U8TP4K/8Z2GH/BMLYJK/T3/t [[A1ERMI-GK8S9F-9Y2FO-U8TP4K-8Z2GH-T-M2-20090918-b46cddf280e50243b]] -- Posted By # to BN at 9/19/2009 02:24:00 AM
