Parole Violators Could See More Prison Time - Central Coast News KION/KCBA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State legislators are proposing several bills that add lengthy prison terms for people who violate their parole, which could challenge the state's realignment plan to address overcrowding.

California has been under pressure for years to address chronic overcrowding inside 33 adult prisons.

In 2011, federal courts required the state to make drastic reductions in its prison inmate population.

Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature launched a prison "realignment" that shifted responsibility for thousands of lower-level offenders and parole violators from state prisons to county jails.