To meet the court’s mandate by the end of the year, Brown needs to begin releasing identified low-risk inmates now — a step both the federal and the U.S. Supreme Court agree “would be consistent with public safety.”
“Bad information breeds expedient, ineffective policy, as exemplified by the administration’s surviving gun initiatives…”
Gov. Brown must reduce the state’s prison population by 10,000 people or be held in contempt of Court. Systematically releasing low-risk inmates is a safe and just way to meet this mandate.
Author, sociologist and outspoken youth advocate Mike Males shares his insights on the social, political and cultural problem of blaming, shaming and framing youth.
California’s counties are one step closer to having more resources to treat and rehabilitate youth who have committed serious or violent offenses.