Wed, Mar 17, 2010 -- 5:30 PM

Prison Population Drops, but Not Enough to Meet Court Order
A new study from the Pew Center on the States says a change in parole policies is responsible for a "significant" drop in California's prison population. California imprisons about 167,000 inmates, down about 3,000 from a year ago. But the state still faces a federal court order to make further cuts in the number of inmates.

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