LAS-ELC Urges Alameda County to Focus on Needs of Inmates With Disabilities

The California correctional system is at a crossroads.  Decades of draconian policies have led to unprecedented rates of incarceration, particularly of persons of color and persons with significant disabilities.  Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling finding that overcrowded prisons violated the federal constitution, the Legislature and the Governor of California have decided to make structural changes that are intended to permanently reduce the number of individuals held in state prisons and juvenile facilities.

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