Tag: AB 109
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Study: Corrections Spending Up, Crime At Historic Low Under AB 109
By Megan Burks The state is four years into its program to reduce prison overcrowding by shifting lower-level offenders to county jails and probation, and reducing some sentences. Lawmakers expected fewer people in prison would mean fewer costs, while critics expected a spike in crime. The nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California reported this week…
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Study: Realignment Has Not Had Significant Impact On Arrest Rates
By Marissa Cabrera and Peggy Pico Contrary to what some had feared, it looks like prison realignment has not had a significant impact on arrest rates in San Diego County. A new study by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) shows that 12 percent of adult arrests in 2012 involved someone on probation. That’s…
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Former Inmates ‘Coming Home to Stay’ Thanks to Mid-City Group
By Patty Lane and Peggy Pico Being incarcerated for years is punishment for a crime. But it is not a lesson in how to live in society. Prison realignment has shifted the responsibility of parole from the state to the counties. So, programs that help former inmates transition back into normal life are more important…
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Tweet City Heights: State Suspends Some Open Meeting Requirements
By Megan Burks State Suspends Some Open Meeting Requirements In an effort to save $96 million, state legislators suspended funding for certain provisions of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. Under the law, public entities must notify their constituents of meetings 72 hours in advance and disclose decisions made in closed sessions. The…
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Is Prison Realignment Working?
Above: Margaret Dooley-Sammuli from the ACLU and Chief Mack Jenkins, head of the San Diego County Probation Department, speak to Evening Edition about the realignment program. By Beth Accomando, Adriana Alcaraz and Erik Anderson It’s been six months since California started shifting low-level prison inmates and funding from state to county jails, and a new report from the…