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CA: Schwarzenegger's plan would cut number of parolees in half and reduce the prison population by 10% in a year

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

His proposal would cut the number of parolees in half and reduce the prison population by almost 10% within a year... Schwarzenegger plan would save nearly $1 billion in prisoner and parolee costs afurillo@sacbee.com Published Friday, Jan. 02, 2009 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget proposal would reduce by tens of thousands the number of criminals behind bars and under community supervision. Parole would be eliminated for all nonserious, nonviolent and non-sex offenders. The proposal would cut the parole population by about 65,000 by June 30, 2010, or more than half of the Christmas Eve count of 123,144. At the same time, the corrections plan calls for increasing good-time credits for inmates who obey the rules and complete rehabilitation programs...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 03, 2009 (boomark / email).