California's Jam-Packed Prisons | California's Jam-Packed Prisons | Mother Jones

California's Jam-Packed Prisons | California's Jam-Packed Prisons | Mother Jones: "Inmates inside 'group cages' in the Administrative Segregation Unit of Mule Creek State Prison, August 2008. In his opinion in Brown v. Plata, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy observed, 'Inmates awaiting care may be held for months in administrative segregation, where they endure harsh and isolated conditions and receive only limited mental health services. Wait times for mental health care range as high as 12 months.'"