Editorial Calls for California To Regain Control of Prisons

A San Francisco Chronicle editorial argues that California's prison system "has come a long way" and that the state now spends "triple the national average" on inmate health care. It concludes, "California deserves a chance to show that it can now balance the demands of cost efficiency and constitutionally required humanity in a system that consumes a significant chunk of the state budget."

• "Return California Prisons to State Control" (San Francisco Chronicle, 1/11).