Cruel and Unusual?

Think our prison system in California is cruel and unusual? Many inmates and their lawyers seem to think so. Check out the article: California's Prisons

What do you think? Yes prisons are overcrowded and somebody somehwere is benefiting from that. Do we all agree that prisons are over-crowded? California only hosts less than 5 % of the world's population but we have 25% of the world's prisoners. That can't be right! There has got to be a reason behind this. Do the streets feel safer? Do we have the right people in prison? Is the 3-strikes law really working? These are questions we have to ask ourselves. Now, true, it's hard to stand up for prisoners but they are people too. Some are good people gone a bad path ... others are indeed bad people BUT they are all in one big prison together. This explains prison violence and death. If we think about it, it is highly cruel to do that to the few that don't really deserve it.