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Prisoner reduction plans rely on sentencing reforms, not mass release

May 23, 2011, 1:24 PM

California is most likely to dramatically shrink its inmate population by changing who goes to prison in the first place, not by mass release of convicted felons. The U.S. Supreme Court this morning narrowly upheld [PDF] an appellate court ruling that ordered the state Department of... + read more

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Shooting puts parole law at center of early-release debate

July 30, 2010, 12:05 AM

A computer algorithm determined that Javier Joseph Rueda would go on nonrevocable probation in January and live unsupervised without risk of incarceration again unless police arrested him for a new crime. Based on the particulars of Rueda’s criminal history, the California Department of... + read more

MORE ON: Early Release

Prisoner reduction plans rely on sentencing reforms, not mass release

Shooting puts parole law at center of early-release debate

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