Tag: Public Safety Realignment

  • 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…