This project focus is on formulating a policy that addresses how the problem of prisons overcrowding in the State of California can be tackled. Relevant statistics, facts, resources, and public opinions will be used to develop the policy. An introduction will be provided about the formulation of this policy followed by an analysis and evaluation of the benefits of implementing this policy as well recommendations that can be done on it. The report will conclude by looking at the impact that the policy can bring about. Introduction California is the 2nd most overcrowded state prison systems in US after Alabama. In 1994 factors such as political influence that suggested that the state was soft on law led to introduction of ???the three strike law.??? What followed was a decrease in crime but an increase in prison population (Marion & Oliver, 2006 p. 112). This explains why it highly overcrowded and also explains why California has more inmates in overall than any other state apart from Texas