California's new prisons chief was once critic of system

Jeffrey Beard, whose testimony was key in the federal case against California, now says court oversight of prisons should be eased.

SACRAMENTO — Jeffrey Beard's expert testimony was cited 39 times in the federal court order that capped California's prison population in 2009. He said the state's prisons were severely overcrowded, unsafe and unable to deliver adequate care to inmates.

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