The three-judge federal court over a long-standing prison healthcare class-action suit against California took a slight turn on January 29, 2013, when the court gave the state a six-month extension to achieve the prison population reduction it had ordered previously. The court had required the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to reduce its
When he did so last week, the 37-year-old was nervous and excited. Just the day before, his mother had texted him this message: “Every decision you’ve made has brought you to this moment.”
Jackson has not been proud of some of those decisions.
But when he walked into the recreation room at the minimum-security prison in Salem and saw that every seat in the house was occupied by a body in a blue “Oregon Department of Corrections INMATE” shirt, he swelled with pride.
The prisoners in the room did not have to be there to listen to him speak. Jackson knew that from experience.
“It’s hard to describe a moment like this,” he said to his audience, “but it has to be one of the most proud moments of my life.”
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