The number includes nearly 20,000 inmates who are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- 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. More than 10,000 inmates convicted of a second serious but nonviolent offense under the...