KQED-FM, Forum, August 16, 2011 Host Scott Shafer
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201108161000
“The three strikes law certainly has had a significant effect on increasing the prison population. Between the third strike provision and the second strike provision, there are almost 35,000 prisoners who are there specifically because of this law. The fact that they’re staying so long increases the prison-crowding situation.”