Kenneth Corley wins freedom from prison under Prop 36

Kenneth Corley's mug shot. Corley was the first nonviolent offender to be released from prison under Prop 36.

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Gov. Jerry Brown is changing tactics as a way to reduce prison overcrowding. Brown is now seeking to move prisoners to private cells out of state as an alternative to releasing thousands of prisoners early. (Photo: Inmates at Chino State Prison walk the hallway on December 10, 2010 in Chino, California).

Inmates at Chino State Prison walk the hallway on December 10, 2010 in Chino, California. The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments to appeal a federal court's ruling last year that the California state prison system would have to release 40,000 prisoners to cope with overcrowding so severe that it violated their human rights. More than 144,000 inmates are currently incarcerated in prisons that were designed to hold about 80,000.

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Last November, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, the measure that changed California's three strikes law to require that third strike be serious or violent felonies. It also allowed some of the inmates serving life sentences to have those sentences reduced.

Last November, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, the measure that changed California's three strikes law to require that third strike be serious or violent felonies. It also allowed some of the inmates serving life sentences to have those sentences reduced.

We speak with former inmate Kenneth Corley, the first non-violent offenders to be released under the new law.