Preparing for prisoner release

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that postponed the early release of 40,000 California prisoners, another 6,000 convicts are expected to be set free early from state prisons starting next week, alarming public safety officials and local leaders. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The 6,000 are to be released under separate legislation that is not affected by the Supreme Court's decision Tuesday.

The court rejected the state of California's challenge of a special judicial panel's order to release the prisoners early under an overcrowding lawsuit filed by the Berkeley-based nonprofit Prison Law Office.