California worked at it, worked at it, worked at it, and finally, we did it. On Monday, the way we jam inmates into prisons was found to meet the constitutional definition of cruel and unusual punishment. [More: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0525-lopez-getoutofjail-20110523,0,1002589.column ]
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Op-Ed Column in LA Times by Steve Lopez – Hope for reform of California’s prison system?