An Rx to thin California prison population

From The Los Angeles Times by way of The Trouble With Spikol:

Tomorrow [February 24th], state Sen. Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento, will introduce a bill that calls for a complete overhaul of mental health care behind bars, with the goal of putting a big dent in both the overcrowding problem and the high recidivism rates.

For the entire article, written by Steve Lopez, click here.