User:Mpschnei/sandbox

I plan to edit the page on Brown v. Plata, a Supreme Court case concerning overcrowding in California's prison systems. I picked this topic for the following reasons:

1) At the top of the article page, there is an announcement that says the "article needs to be updated." There needs to be more information on how this decision has affected the California prison system, particularly in the period between the decision and August 2015. I imagine that there are additional developments between August 2015 and April 2018 that need to be included. One thing that I think could be added to the article would be a section on "managerial justice" and how judges now must implement the Supreme Court decision. An additional topic would be a section on political developments from the case.

2) It appears there are not enough citations in the article. Many sentences include substantive, factual information and yet do not include a citation reference.

3) Organizational issues: The portion of the article on the actual decision seems very well organized. However, the "History" portion and the "Subsequent Developments" portion are not very clear and well organized.

4) Sources: It does not appear that the sources are particularly one sided. However, it does not appear that there are very many legal sources (such as law review articles) cited in this article. There also is a section at the bottom labeled "further reading" and I am not completely sure if any of that information is included in the article, but it seems like that would be a good place to start.