Reducing Inmate Populations Could Ease Health Problems
NPR's "News & Notes" on Thursday included a discussion with Los Angeles Times reporter Nancy Vogel about the impact of overcrowding on health care and mental health care in the California prison system.
This week, judges overseeing the system ordered the creation of a court panel to consider capping the prison population (Chideya, "News & Notes," NPR, 7/26).
Full audio of the segment is available online.