California inmates won t be set free soon
By Sheyanne Romero
That s not the case.
There is some truth to the rumors, though.
A new state rule took effect on Saturday but it will be months or years before any inmates go free earlier. Corrections officials say the goal is to reward inmates who better themselves while critics say the move will endanger the public.
“The expansion of Good Conduct Credits is not an early release program, and these changes do not result in the automatic release of any incarcerated individual, department spokeswoman Dana Simas stated in a social media post. Under the statute, incarcerated individuals are able to receive credits for good behavior and participation in rehabilitation program.
Damon Arthur, Record Searchlight, Don Thompson, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Two state representatives for Susanville said Wednesday they were appalled that state officials did not notify them ahead of time that a state prison inmate training with more than 1,000 employees is closing in their districts.
California Department of Corrections officials said a shrinking prisoner population is forcing the closure of the California Correctional Center in Susanville by July 22, the second prison closure in recent months.
But the closure apparently caught off-guard state Assemblywoman Megan Dahle and her husband, state Sen. Brian Dahle.
The two sent out a joint press release Wednesday slamming the California Department of Corrections and Gov. Gavin Newsom for not giving them and the community advance notice of the closure.
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Sacramento Bee 5 hrs ago Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee
Apr. 15 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has plans to shut down two prisons, but more closures could soon be on the way because of the state s rapidly shrinking inmate population.
According to the Legislative Analyst s Office, the state could close a total of five prisons by 2025, which in turn could save an estimated $1.5 billion in annual spending. The corrections department, which has a budget of $16 billion, oversees 34 prisons and more than 50,000 employees.
New criminal sentencing laws over the last decade gradually reduced the state s prison population from about 144,000 inmates in 2011 to about 120,000 last year. The number of inmates in state custody plummeted in the coronavirus pandemic, dropping to about 95,000 this month.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
A decade after prison crowding forced California to realign its criminal justice system, the population in what once was the nation’s largest state correctional system has shrunk to the point where officials announced Tuesday they will close one of two inmate firefighter training centers.
The California Correctional Center in Susanville will close by July 2022, officials said, the second such prison closure announced in recent months. The changes have inmates’ attorneys worrying that crowding could eventually again become a problem.
The 58-year old prison, one of two in rural Lassen County in northeastern California, trains inmate firefighters who staff 14 firefighting camps in Northern California.
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