Posted on 04/30/2021 8:56:46 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With little notice, California on Saturday is increasing early release credits for 76,000 inmates, including violent and repeat felons, as it further trims the population of what once was the nation’s largest state correctional system.
More than 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes will be eligible for good behavior credits that shorten their sentences by one-third instead of the one-fifth that had been in place since 2017.
That includes nearly 20,000 inmates who are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole.
More than 10,000 inmates convicted of a second serious but nonviolent offense under the state’s “three strikes” law will be eligible for release after serving half their sentences. That’s an increase from the current time-served credit of one-third of their sentence.
The same increased release time will apply to nearly 2,900 nonviolent third strikers, the corrections department projected.
Also as of Saturday, all minimum security inmates in work camps, including those in firefighting camps, will be eligible for the same month of earlier release for every month they spend in the camp, regardless of the severity of their crime.
The changes were approved this week by the state Office of Administrative Law, with little public notice. They were submitted and approved within a three-week span as emergency regulations.
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Be careful out there, Californians.
Seems legit.
Is Newsom worried about the recall? He probably thinks 76,000 “new” voters would help him!
Don’t worry. We just want to release non-violent criminals. The slippery slope strikes again.
Crime pays. Not much, but a little bit more now.
oh joy. :(
The emergency is leftist lunacy.
With that being said, I bet Gavin is not very happy about this nor was it his idea. He knows the recall is going to happen and this is never an issue that polls well. Sure, if it were “up to him” and he was not up for recall he would support it, but this is going to hurt him.
If he steps in to stop it he alienates his base. If he allows it he alienates the mushy middle. It’s a political loser for him either way.
Oh boy! More homeless people camped out along the freeways.
Someone give these folks Gavins address. And Nanzey.
When you go out, make sure your group has at least three trigger-pullers with handguns and semiautomatic rifles.
Anything to d story the US led by an anti-Christian, unconstitutional criminal regime.
Are they going to deport the illegal convicts?
No.
And they will leave California to go to any state they want.
COVID, of course. The poor widdle babies might suffer or die if they are forced to stay in jail cells. They should be out in public where the virus is never spread except at Republican events and church gatherings.
This just shows liberals don't even grasp the concept of jails and prisons. What the rest of us see as a tragic flood of violent offenders being freed, the liberals see as "voter outreach".
Rd later.
Gang members head back to the hood or a democrats call it a voter drive.
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