Posted on 04/09/2025 6:06:24 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand opportunities for incarcerated New Yorkers to reduce time on their sentence — building on momentum for prison reform in the next budget following last month's death of an incarcerated man who was beaten by multiple correction officers.
The governor wants more people in prison to be eligible to reduce their sentences through good behavior and expanded job training — especially in emerging green energy fields.
The governor did not mention her support for the sentencing reform in Tuesday's State of the State speech. Instead, she quietly tucked the vague proposal in her State of the State book of about 200 budget priorities at the end of criminal justice plans to address repeat offenders and reduce recidivism rates.
"Repeat offenses contribute significantly to overall crime rates in New York, with reoffending rates as high as 80% for individuals released from prison," according to Hochul's vague proposal. "...Gov. Hochul will expand training in green energy and sustainable industries and enhance positive incentive programs like merit time to improve reentry success."
Several Democratic lawmakers have pushed for years for legislation, known as the Earned Time Act, to expand time allowance credits for incarcerated New Yorkers to reduce their sentence for good behavior, programming or other rehabilitation.
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HOchul wants to get the murderers, rapists, drug dealers and all its other scum back on the streets as soon as possible. They should all be sent to live with the HOchul.
Wake up NY.
What the heel is wrong with these people?
They MUST BE POSSESSED BY DEMONS!....................
It’s time for Americans to start suing politicians who believe it is their job to send criminals back out on the streets to terrorize Americans. “Judges”, shysters and politicians should be held responsible for the crimes the bass turds commit after they release them on us.
Of course she does. Democrats always want to benefit the criminal.
Why fool with credits, just turn them loose if they promise to be good criminals.
So that she can put Christians who pray outside abortion clinics, and conservw4ives who own guns and beleive in free speech in the empty cells.
democrats don’t want criminals incarcerated for ANY crime, except misgendering, praying near an abortion center, saying that islam is a violent religion and defending oneself.
They can’t quite make that happen just yet, so they are trying to get what they want a little at a time, hoping the folks won’t notice.
LOL…” expand training in green energy and sustainable industries”
She wants the ex-cons to learn how to herd unicorns on the great New York State Unicorn Farms.
Electrical apprentice, auto mechanics?
Cooking? You need a health certificate to run a kitchen, that takes a semester of training and testing. Then teach then how to cook for large crowds.
Catering is a good business that could use people who can prepare food and set up and take down an area.
More criminals loose?...Must be time for an election...
And she managed to rope in global warming with the “green” jobs and training. They’re focused; you have to give them that
doubling down on stupid, send those with reduced sentences to like h in her area
Do the Demoncrats ever make suggestions that will improve the live of the citizens that elected them into power instead instead of helping the criminal or perverted elements in their districts that contribute nothing but misery?
Just think how much they’d save if they quit locking people up. Put on your thinking cap kat. Sheesh.
"Brunson’s rap sheet includes a 2022 attack on a civilian NYPD worker, who was so badly battered that she suffered a broken eye socket and cheekbone. He also had robbed and assaulted a 13-year-old boy in Brooklyn three years earlier.
Aug. 18, 2023: Brunson is released from prison."
Victim:
Released from prison:
These people are nuts...
Hochul belongs in prison .
How do people put up with her and Bragg , etc. Red carpet treatment for criminals.
Yeah, sounds like a good idea - release more criminals like this one - who went on to slash and critically injure a young woman a few days ago.
The story:
Broadway costume designer, 25 , who moved to NYC to live her dream id as slashing victim
"Megan Berg, 25, was allegedly slashed by Muslim Brunson, 46, on Monday
afternoon in Manhattan’s Soho district, with the off broadway costume
designer rushed to hospital after she was slashed in the neck."("Brunson’s rap sheet includes a 2022 attack on a civilian NYPD worker, who was so badly battered that she suffered a broken eye socket and cheekbone. He also had robbed and assaulted a 13-year-old boy in Brooklyn three years earlier.)
(Aug. 18, 2023: Brunson is released from prison.")
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