Question

In the 2011 case of Brown v. Plata , the Supreme Court ordered California to release prisoners if:​ a. the laws regarding marijuana possession changed.​ b. ​the state could not bring the level of medical care up to a constitutional standard. c. ​the state could not guarantee that all correctional officers had received the proper amount of training. d. ​individual prisons exceeded 100 percent intended capacity.

Answer 1

d. ​individual prisons exceeded 100 percent intended capacity.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the 2011 case of Brown v. Plata , the Supreme Court ordered California to release prisoners if ​individual prisons exceeded 100 percent intended capacity.

The Supreme Court made the order to the state of California to release prisoners if they could not provide a constitutionally mandated level of prison holding numbers.