Prison Break Clip | KQED and The Center for Investigative Reporting

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Channel: KQED News · 2012 · News & Politics

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Under pressure from the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce prison overcrowding and improve inmate healthcare, California Governor Jerry Brown started transferring authority for nearly 40,000 low-level convicts from state prisons to city and county systems. This documentary examines the growing disparity in county jails as they cope with a flood of inmates.

For more go to http://www.californiareport.org/specialcoverage/prisons/.

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