Corrections in california

Document Type:Research Paper

Subject Area:Politics

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Their most recent report had so much insight on the state of California’s correction system. The report on corrections touched on key issues including economic and racial equity in the justice system of California, the crime rates and ultimately the proposed a way forward for the states correctional facility. Having gone through the police report, I will review the policies therein in this paper. The state of California chose to give different approach in dealing with the crime rates that have been a major cause for concern over the past many years. The problem has been that the state of California had been relying heavily on incarceration in the past. Such crimes could now be punished by simple community service or alternative job arrangements or even such cases might be formed out to the county sheriffs who monitor the criminals.

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These are good measures that the state of California adopted to reduce the population of prisoners, yet the state still faces overpopulation in the CDCRs. The report finds this to be on account of the previous imposition of long sentences on the criminals and the punitive nature of the legal system. As a matter of fact, states resorted to releasing some of the inmates earlier than their sentence periods were up. For instance, in December 2017, some state counties released close to six thousand inmates because of strains in the county prison capacities (Lofstrom et al). On the economic disparities, the legislative body of the state passed the SB 10 which addressed residents’ concerns of racial inequities as well as the financial inequities as seen in the bail system of the state of California.

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The passing of the reform stripped out cash bail (which is due in effect as of October 2019) and thus made the pre-trial release to heavily rely on the use of other methods like risk assessment before releasing suspects before the trial. This sets the playing ground on a level plateau for everyone (Lofstrom et al). In conclusion, I would like to state that the reforms on the criminal system were a much-needed change that had to be put in motion one way or the other. The elimination of punitive regulations like the three-strike rule and narrowing the definition of serious felonies has done much to reform the criminal justice system of the state of California. ppic. org/wp-content/uploads/californias-future-january-2019. pdf.

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