Gov. Brown Should Look to Private Prisons, Editorial Says
An Orange County Register editorial argues that a proposal in Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) plan to reduce California's prison population that would "house several thousand inmates in California's privately run prisons" deserves support. It notes that "seven private prisons incarcerated state inmates" until about 10 years ago when the state cancelled its contracts with the private facilities "in a bow to the ... state prison guards union." It concludes that Brown should think about sending inmates to private prisons "manned by nonunionized guards" to reach a federally mandated prison population cap.
- "Editorial: Brown Prison Plan Shuns Private Option" (Orange County Register, 5/8).