California freeing 27,000 prisoners

[foodcritic]

Change we can believe in.....


State budget deal reduces prison inmates by 27,000 (did they calculate how many more parole officers they will need?...) That's not in the budget.

By Michael Rothfeld
2:29 PM PDT, July 21, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento -- The state budget deal negotiated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders would reduce the population of California prisons by nearly 27,000 inmates in the current fiscal year.

That would be done with a combination of new measures, including allowing some inmates to finish their sentences on home detention, creating new incentives for completion of rehabilitation programs and scaling back parole supervision for the least serious offenders.
The proposal, details of which were obtained by The Times, would save a total of $1.2 billion in the coming year.

It is unclear whether Republicans will vote for a budget plan that includes reduction of the state prison system, which now houses 170,000 inmates. Some GOP votes are needed to pass a budget in California.

If Republicans demur, the Democrats who dominate the Legislature could approve the prison proposal as separate legislation with a simple majority vote, which would not require GOP support.

State budget deal reduces prison inmates by 27,000 - Los Angeles Times

[Pandora]

Scary, isn't it?

[Sonsie]

They ought to take all the incarcerated illegals and just shove them out of planes over Mexico. Removing the illegals from the prison system would save serious cash, plus doing it my way would ensure they won't be sneaking back in.

[phatom]

CALIFORNIA DID,STATE THAT IS. what usually starts in cal i forn i a, will end up on the east coast. in this case like the H1N1 virus.

ANNIE GET YOUR GUNS

[Sweet 16]

Did they account for how much more it will cost to re-incarcerate these thugs once they are released back onto the streets to commit more crimes? Not to mention the lower quality-of-life for law-abiding citizens who now have to deal with these low lifes. How is this helping anyone? Oh yeah, THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CARE!