Three-Judge Court
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Weekly Population Figures
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*3-Judge Court order impacts population levels in the State's 33 institutions.
**Overall population includes all inmates in 33 institutions, fire camps, private facilities (in-state and out-of-state).
CDCR Files Report with Court Showing State Will Meet June 2012 Population Reduction Benchmark
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) expects to meet the Three-Judge Court’s July 27, 2012, benchmark for reducing the state’s inmate population, according to an August 16, 2011, report filed by the department. The report shows CDCR will reduce its inmate population to 155 percent of prison design capacity by the court’s benchmark date of June 27, 2012.
Supplemental Report in Response To June 30, 2011 Court Order (PDF)
State Responds to Three-Judge Court’s Order Requiring a Reduction in Prison Crowding
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today submitted a report to the federal Three-Judge Court updating it on prison crowding reduction measures that the state has taken, or plans to take, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on May 23, 2011. ...more
Federal Court Rulings Re: Overcrowding
- (6/30/11) Three-Judge Court Interim Report Order
- (5/23/11) US Supreme Court Decision
- (1/12/10) Three-Judge Court's Population Reduction Order
- (2/9/09) Three-Judge Court Ruling
Facts and Timelines
Re: Overcrowding
- Background (PDF)
- Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Timeline (PDF)
State Responses to Court Rulings
- (5/15/12) May 2012 status report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (5/15/12) Exhibit A to May Status Report
- (3/15/12) March 2012 status report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (3/15/12) Declaration of Ross Meier in support of defendants' report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (3/15/12) Exhibit A to March status report
- (1/6/12) January 2012 Population Update
- (1/6/12) Atkinson DSO January 2012 Response
- (1/6/12) Meier DSO January 2012 Response
- (12/15/11) December Status Report
- (11/15/11) November Status Report
- (11/15/11) Exhibit A to November Status Report
- (10/05/11) Stipulation & [Proposed] Order Re Att Fees, Exp, & Costs
- (9/15/11) Defendants' September status report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (7/21/11) Defendants' report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (7/21/11) Declaration of Jay Atkinson in support of defendants' report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (7/21/11) Declaration of Ross Meier in support of defendants' report in response to June 30, 2011 order
- (6/7/11) Filing in response to 1/12/10 Court order
- (6/7/11) CDCR Press Release
- (11/12/09) Population Reduction Plan
Images
Three-Judge Panel Decision and General Information
- CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Affirming Inmate Reductions
- United States Supreme Court Decision
- 1-12-10 Order approving population reduction plan
- Three-Judge Panel and California Inmate Population Reduction Plan Timeline
- Background of Three-Judge Panel
- Previous Population Management Plan
- Actions CDCR Has Taken to Reduce Overcrowding(PDF)
- Fact Sheet
Multimedia
- Photographs
Prison overcrowding images posted on Flickr - Video
Prison overcrowding video posted on You Tube. - Audio(MP3)
Phone discussion to media regarding the Three-Judge Panel decision
