March 16, 2010
Redding council may contest early prison releases
Redding City Council members tonight will consider sending a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urging him not to release 19,000 unsupervised prison inmates.
"It's really wrong and bad business," said Redding police Chief Peter Hansen of the proposed early releases.
In September, the state Legislature passed an emergency measure calling for the early release of more than 19,000 nonserious, nonviolent inmates as a way to help balance the state's budget and comply with a court-mandated order to stave off overcrowding...
LINK - Redding.com
