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Judge Pannell, who reportedly appeared un-persuaded by this testimony, chided Harris for squandering his second chance. Harris had had about the limit of second chances," Judge Pannell said. Harris, you sure have dumped a lot of smut all over the experiment. Ed Garland, one of Harris' attorneys, said that his client was a long-time drug addict and fell back into drug abuse after taking prescription painkillers after undergoing several dental procedures earlier this year.
Once Harris is released from prison, he will still be on probation and face three more years if he is found in violation of the terms of his release. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. The reform significantly reduced the prison population, although the state did not reach the federally mandated target until passage of Proposition 47, which reduced penalties for many property and drug offenses.
Realignment increased the number of inmates in county jails, but Proposition 47 is now causing the jail population to fall. For county jails, realignment represents a significant challenge. Jails now house offenders serving long sentences. That raises demand for medical and mental health beds, as well as programming and recreation space. Proposition s effects on the jail population are unclear but are likely to be substantial. Jail population projections will have to be revised to get a more accurate sense of future needs.
Realignment, combined with other recent measures such as non-revocable parole, Proposition 36, and Proposition 47, has lowered incarceration in California to levels not seen since the mids. Research shows that, at pre-realignment incarceration rates, putting people behind bars does not prevent crime cost-effectively Lofstrom and Raphael However, incarceration becomes more cost-effective as the incarceration rate decreases.
Both violent and property crime are now at or below levels last seen in the s. Despite this encouraging trend, the significant drop in incarceration makes it essential to watch crime trends closely. Corrections spending remains high. It may be that significant savings can only be achieved by closing a state prison, which would require a larger drop in the prison population. The legislature passed a bill requiring that the antiquated California Rehabilitation Center in Riverside County be shut by , but the closure is on hold because of the court-mandated target.
It also remains to be seen what the cost effects will be when the state regains control over the prison health care system. Under realignment, counties have put in place a variety of strategies. Some may prove successful, while others will not pan out Lin and Petersilia ; Bird and Grattet We need to learn from this historic reform. What alternative strategies work and in what context?
Can successful approaches be expanded and replicated elsewhere? Research has become more challenging because of the need to collect consistent data from counties. But more needs to be done to ensure long-term availability of quality data, and more counties must get involved. And we need more research to tell us what corrections strategies work best in this new environment.
Bird, Mia, and Ryken Grattet. Public Policy Institute of California. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Lin, Jeffrey and Joan Petersilia. Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Lofstrom, Magnus, and Steven Raphael. Impact of Realignment on County Jail Populations. Realignment, Incarceration, and Crime Trends in California.
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Nov Support Ways to Give Our Contributors. Four years since its implementation, realignment has made several important impacts: Realignment significantly reduced the prison population, but the state did not reach the court-mandated population target until after the passage of Proposition 47 in November , which reduced penalties for many property and drug offenses. The reform challenged county jails and probation departments by making them responsible for a greater number of offenders with a broader range of backgrounds and needs.
The county jail population did not rise nearly as much as the prison population fell, reducing the total number of people incarcerated in California. Realignment did not increase violent crime, but auto thefts rose. Research so far shows no dramatic change in recidivism rates.
State corrections spending remains high, but there is reason to believe expenditures could drop in the future. Figure 1. NOTE: Total prison population as of the last day of the month.
Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. The special master does not make day to day decisions regarding the operations of mental health care.
However, the receiver has complete control over day to day decisions regarding the operations of medical care in prison. Over time, the receiver will give back control of each medical facility to CDCR when the receiver believes they are able to provide adequate care.
The receiver is also required to submit regular reports to the court regarding improvements in medical care. Through negotiations with the federal court, the deadline to reach the mandated target was extended and is now February However, none of these expansions would have been up and running by the deadline. In addition to the 34 CDCR facilities, inmates are housed in private prison facilities in Arizona, Mississippi, and Oklahoma as well as in a mix of public and private in-state facilities in so-called contract beds.
The new law also lets offenders file for resentencing, which may result in release.
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