California to Release 8,000 Prisoners to Ease Virus Spread

July 10, 2020

California plans to release about 7% of its prison population, roughly 8,000 non-violent offenders, to relieve pressure on a chronically overcrowded correctional system that’s now struggling with a spike in coronavirus cases.

“But it’s going to drip out. It’s not like they just fling the doors open on one day and 8,000 people come out. And while they are slowly doing this, the pandemic is still ravaging the prisons.”