1. Reducing the California Prison Population
The root cause of prison overcrowding is the War on Drugs. ... Harsh sentencing for minor drug offenses, warrantless searches, and zero tolerance policies are just a few initiatives of the War on Drugs. ... Even America's perception of drugs before the Drug War was insignificant. ... According to Bob Egelko, reporter since 1970, the court ruled in 2009 that prison overflow is the main cause of shoddy health care that violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment (Egelko, 2.) ... And this approach ensured the success of the Drug War. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate