State officials must reduce prison overcrowding under a U.S. Supreme Court order . The court ruled in June that the state had to release prisoners who were serving life sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles and ordered it to do so by July 1. But state funding remains an issue . There is general agreement that the prison conditions across California are disturbing . California 's adult prisons house 143,435 inmates .
State officials must reduce prison overcrowding under a U.S. Supreme Court order . The court ruled in June that the state had to release prisoners who were serving life sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles and ordered it to do so by July 1. But state funding remains an issue . California 's adult prisons house 143,435 inmates .