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Abstract: 

Author Heather Mac Donald presents a blistering, conservative view of the on-going Plata-Coleman litigation in California. Whether conservative or liberal, the litigation has been a nightmare; one’s political views will determine the precise nature of the nightmare. Ms. Mac Donald tells a part of the Plata- Coleman story that has not been told on these pages and she tells it well. This is an essay and her views are presented as opinions; opinions that will generate heat from some and applause from others. It is a part of the incredible story of terrible neglect by California and some awful excesses in the judicially imposed oversight.

Keywords: prison overcrowding; Assembly Bill 109; eliminating parole supervision; Brown v. Plata; Coleman v. Brown; “Revised Program Guide”; mental-health treatment and administration; realignment; early release; electronic monitoring bracelets; GPS-tamper

Affiliations:  1: the Manhattan Institute.