California prisoners sleep with 'one eye open'. Should they have their own cells?

California prisoners sleep with 'one eye open'. Should they have their own cells?

California's falling prison population gives policymakers a choice: Provide more single-person cells in the interest of safety or close more prisons.

Should California Prisoners Get Single-Person Cells?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and toilet. Any little thing can erupt into a source of tension and angst – body odor, snoring, lights on or off. Each moment becomes a test to avoid confrontatio…

California prisoners sleep with ‘one eye open’. Should they have their own cells?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and toilet. Any little thing can erupt into a […] The post California prisoners sleep with ‘one eye open’. Should they have their own cells? appeared first on Red…