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Defend America on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:23:08 PM
State budget deal reduces prison inmates by 27,000
The
plan accomplishes this with a combination of measures, including having
some prisoners complete sentences at home and shortening terms for
those who finish rehabilitation programs.
By Michael Rothfeld
2:29 PM PDT, July 21, 2009
Reporting
from Sacramento -- The state budget deal negotiated by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders would reduce the population of
California prisons by nearly 27,000 inmates in the current fiscal year.
That would be done with a combination of new measures, including
allowing some inmates to finish their sentences on home detention,
creating new incentives for completion of rehabilitation programs and
scaling back parole supervision for the least serious offenders.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-budget22-2009jul22,0,1856950.story