In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the California Department of Corrections to reduce its overcrowding by cutting the prison population by more than 10,000 within six months, and eventually releasing as many as 33,000 people from its prison system over the next two years. How did California address the problem of reducing the prison population?

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The Answer of In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the California Department of Corrections to reduce its overcrowding by cutting the prison population by more than 10,000 within six months, and eventually releasing as many as 33,000 people from its prison system over the next two years. How did California address the problem of reducing the prison population?