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CA: Prop 5 Would Overhaul Sentencing of Poepole with Non-Violent Drug Convictions

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prop. 5 would overhaul sentencing of drug offenders The far-reaching measure would increase treatment and eliminate incarceration for those convicted of nonviolent, drug-related crimes. But opponents see another agenda. By Michael Rothfeld Los Angeles Times October 2, 2008 SACRAMENTO ? In a state that has consistently boosted penalties for criminals, packing California's prisons to bursting, sponsors of the far-reaching Proposition 5 are asking voters in November to go in the opposite direction. The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act, funded in part by billionaire George Soros, would be "the most ambitious sentencing and prison reform in U.S. history," according to the Drug Policy Alliance Network, a primary sponsor. By 2010, the measure would commit the state to spending at least $460 million a year, mostly to increase treatment -- and eliminate incarceration -- for those who commit nonviolent crimes involving drugs or fueled by them...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 05, 2008 (boomark / email).