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Population Reductions

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

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