California Prison Judgment Shines Light on Human Indignity
Submitted on May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - Globe and Mail
Over three decades, the population of California's jails increased by 750 per cent, to the ludicrous total of more than 140,000...It was an orgy of punishment. People who had committed two violent crimes were sent away for a minimum of 25 years for a third crime, violent or non-violent, as in the famous case of a man who stole a pizza.
