June 7, 2011
Assembly Republicans respond to CDCR population reduction plan
Worst Features of the Public Safety Realignment Bill SB 85 (Senate Budget) and AB 109 (Assembly Budget)
Will transfer jurisdiction of many serious felony offenders from prison to jail. The proposal will prevent thousands of convicted felons, including those with very long sentences (e.g., major drug sellers, child abusers under Penal Code § 273d), from being incarcerated in prison.
Will lead to early release of felons. This proposal will have the effect of converting hundreds of felony offenses into de facto misdemeanors, because the bill gives sheriffs broader discretion than exists under current law to release them early, and over 2/3 of the state's jails are under federal or other court-imposed or self-imposed population caps...
LINK - CA.gov
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