18,000 prisoners to be released by end of August, California Department of Corrections says

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 7/15/2020 | Bethany Blankley

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An estimated 8,000 inmates could be eligible for release by the end of August, in addition to the state’s reduction of about 10,000 inmates since Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in March, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said.

The CDCR says its previous “pandemic emergency decompression efforts” have reduced inmate populations system-wide by approximately 10,000 people already, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission within its facilities.

“These actions are taken to provide for the health and safety of the incarcerated population and staff,” CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz said in a news release. “We aim to implement these decompression measures in a way that aligns both public health and public safety.”

According to the CDCR, of the state’s approximate 115,000 inmates, roughly 2,400 prisoners have tested positive for the coronavirus, and at least 31 prisoners have died from COVID-19 related illnesses – accounting for roughly 2 percent and 0.026 percent, respectively, of the inmate population.

The state prison system has more than 17,000 inmates considered medically high risk, according to UCLA School of Law’s Prison Law & Policy Program.

According to a study conducted by UCLA and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, U.S. prison inmates test positive for COVID-19 at a rate 5.5 times higher than that of the general public. Contrary to this report, California prisons have faired better.

The state prison system operates 35 adult detention facilities, 4 youth facilities, and 44 conservation/fire camps.

Since 2017, California’s institutional prison population has been below a mandated target of 137.5 percent of the number of prisoners the system was built to house, but “13 of the 35 state-owned facilities individually operate beyond that capacity,” the Public Policy Institute of California states on its website.

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If not coronavirus, he'd have found another excuse to "liberate" his de facto militia. Have you signed a recall petition yet?

https://recallgavin2020.com/

 

[KingLudd]

Doesn’t he realize he’s releasing these prisoners into his OWN state? It’s like setting your own house on fire, from the inside. WTH?

[Red Badger]

What could possibly go wrong?...................

[Vendome]

Saving $1.5 billion minimum to help the hole in budget, which he created

[Vendome]

Since he is releasing 18,000 prisoners there will be less requirement for supervision and support

How many in the prison industry and allied industries lose their jobs?

[Secret Agent Man]

they wont personally affect him

[plain talk]

All this because 0.026 percent of the prisoners have died from a virus?

[Vendome]

Since he is essentially cutting 20% of his inventoried overhead, should there be a corollary reduction in force ?

[dfwgator]

What could possibly go wrong?...................

[dsrtsage]

"All this because 0.026 percent of the prisoners have died from a virus Orange Man Bad.

[Hildy]

Question: If they release these people and they come to my State and kill my friends, it will be a war.

[MASS-2 FAC]

The really sad part of this is with the anti 2A crowd running this state, if a home owner uses a weapon to protect their house, it will be you that ends up in prison.