Judges extend deadline in California prison case ( word list )

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  1. verdin
    very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America
    Judges extend deadline in California prison case Article by: TOM VERDIN Associated Press September 24, 2013 - 8:10 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal judges agreed Tuesday to extend an end-of-year deadline for reducing California's prison population in hopes of finding a long-term solution to an overcrowding crisis that has forced the state to spend billions of dollars to improve inmate medical care.
  2. litigate
    engage in legal proceedings
    "We've been litigating this since November 2006, so a one-month delay is not really significant in that context," said Don Specter, director of the Berkeley-based Prison Law Office.
  3. pro tem
    for the time being
    Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg fought with the governor over spending money to shift more inmates to private prisons and instead sought an expansion of rehabilitation programs and a three-year delay in the court's deadline.
  4. jeopardize
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
    They had been fighting against an early release of inmates, saying it jeopardized public safety, and passed a law at the end of the legislative session earlier this month offering a $315 million compromise plan.
  5. freighter
    a cargo ship
    "This is a moment in time where we can turn this expensive and ineffective freighter of our correctional system in a different direction," said Steinberg, D-Sacramento.
  6. dynamics
    mechanics concerned with forces that cause motions of bodies
    In a statement, he said Tuesday's order from the three-judge panel represents an opportunity to change the dynamics of California's prison system.
  7. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
    "One month to figure out if we can get a sustainable solution to this whole program is well worth it, in my opinion."
  8. mediator
    a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
    Their order does not give the mediator authority to consider transferring more inmates to private prisons out-of-state, as the governor had previously proposed.
  9. adequately
    in a sufficient manner
    It says the federal judges are not adequately considering all the improvements the state has made to its inmate health care system.
  10. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
    Inmate attorneys oppose the out-of-state transfers because they take prisoners away from their family members, making transition back to the community more difficult when they are eventually released.
  11. constitutional
    existing as an essential characteristic
    Tuesday's order was the latest development in a seven-year case centered on inmate medical care, which federal judges previously determined was so poor it violated prisoners' constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
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