In Brown v. Plata (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state of California to reduce its prison population to remedy persistent and systemic Eighth Amendment violations of prisoners' rights to the treatment of serious mental and medical conditions that have caused needless suffering and death.

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In Brown v. Plata (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court did indeed order the state of California to reduce its prison population, ruling that the overcrowded conditions resulted in inadequate medical and mental health care, thus violating the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

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