Using the California Politics textbook, explain why California’s prisons are overcrowded and “bursting at the seams.” Also, discuss two reasons that the California Politics textbook gives to explain why they are chronically underfunded.
Tip: Be sure to separate the reasons for the overcrowding from descriptions of overcrowding. For example, stating that California’s prisons are overcrowded because there are hundreds of thousands of people in them is a description of the problem, but not an explanation for why that situation exists.