April 15, 2010
Calif. returns 656 parolees to active supervision
California is changing how it applies a new law allowing some parolees to go unmonitored after their release from prison, and will return 656 of the parolees to active supervision after learning they are at high risk of committing new crimes, prison officials said Wednesday.
Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate told The Associated Press that upgrades to a computerized risk-assessment program found that some parolees had committed more crimes than officials previously believed.
So far, 6,667 ex-convicts have been placed on non-revocable parole under the new law that took effect in January...
LINK - SacBee.com
