Sunday, May 02, 2021

CA PREPARING EARLY RELEASE FOR ANOTHER 76,000 CONVICTED FELONS

by Bob Walsh

The formerly great state of California is giving a shit-ton of inmates, including those convicted of violent offenses, the opportunity to return to their former lifestyle eve earlier than would have been possible before.  

About 10,000 prisoners serving second strike convictions will now be eligible for release after serving 50% of the original sentence.  The old standard was 2/3.

About 2,900 third strike prisoners will be eligible for the same consideration.  These prisoners are considered non-violent, though the criteria for non-violent in CA is not something that would make sense to a normal person.

About 63,000 violent offenders will now be eligible for 1/3 time off, the old standard was 1/5 time off.  Among them are 20,000 lifers.

In addition all minimum security work camp inmates now get 50% time regardless of the severity of their crime.

Theoretically this is the carrot portion of the carrot and stick approach.  

The population of CA prisons has plummeted in recent years.  The state is getting ready to close Deuel Vocational Institution outside of Tracy in the fall of this year and the California Correctional Center outside of Susanville in the middle of next year.

Maybe they can make some money renting them out as movie sets? 

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