January 5, 2012
Donnelly Vows New Try at Prison Reform
Frustrated by what he sees as a partisan rejection of his plan to cut prison costs and overcrowding, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is pledging to take up the fight again when the legislature reconvenes this month.
"I'm going to push a bill to deal with some of the unintended impacts of AB 109," Donnelly said in a phone interview Friday.
His comments refer to side effects of a bill passed last year in Sacramento in response to a federal court's 2009 ruling that, because of prison overcrowding, more than 40,000 convicted felons would have to be released within two years...
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