Monday, May 23, 2011

Another Reason Not To Visit California

There are many reasons not to visit California- cost of the vacations, gas prices, liberals gone wild, pollution etc. Now, there is another one. The U.S. Supreme Court decided today to release around 46,000 inmates in the State prisons.
From The Los Angles Times: The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused 'suffering and death.' In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns 'terrible things are sure to happen.'
Justices upheld an order from a three-judge panel in California that called for releasing 38,000 to 46,000 prisoners. Since then, the state has transferred about 9,000 state inmates to county jails. As a result, the total prison population is now about 32,000 more than the capacity limit set by the panel.Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, speaking for the majority, said California's prisons had "fallen short of minimum constitutional requirements" because of overcrowding. As many as 200 prisoners may live in gymnasium, he said, and as many as 54 prisoners share a single toilet.Kennedy insisted that the state had no choice but to release more prisoners. The justices, however, agreed that California officials should be given more time to make the needed reductions.In dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia called the ruling "staggering" and "absurd." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/sc-dc-0524-court-prisons-web-20110523,0,2337401.story
Here is a possible solution: Nevada has empty prisons all over the State and I am sure we can rent some of the prisons to California to hold several thousand prisoners. We have empty prisons in Jean, Las Vegas and soon, in Carson City. We also have smaller prisons that California can use, for a small fee. It's perfectly legal to transfer prisoners out of state, so here is an opportunity for Nevada to help it's neighbor, California and make a little money on the side.

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