FILE - In this July 24, 2014, file photo, an inmate sits by a window at the mental health unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Stockton Health Facility in Stockton, Calif. Public interest attorneys filed an emergency motion, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, asking federal judges to free thousands of infirm and lower-security California prison inmates to prevent a spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
March 26, 2020
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Federal judges urged to free thousands of California inmates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys representing California inmates late Wednesday filed an emergency motion asking federal judges to free thousands of infirm and lower-security prisoners to prevent what they predict will otherwise be the catastrophic spread of coronavirus through a vulnerable population.