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| Brown Wants Extension on Inmate Transfers, But Corrections Department Making Preparations |
| By blogs.kqed.org - Scott Detrow |
| Published: 09/19/2013 |
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Facing a looming deadline to move about 8,000 inmates out of California’s prison system, Gov. Jerry Brown is once again asking federal judges for an extension. In a request filed Monday, the administration asked the panel to move the deadline from Dec. 31 to the end of 2016. The extra time would allow California to implement a plan authorized by SB 105, which passed the Legislature last week with near-unanimous support. The state would spend hundreds of millions of dollars on recidivism reduction, job training and other programs designed to keep people out of jail. If the judges reject the request, the state would move forward with a 3-year, $1.1 billion plan moving thousands of inmates to privately run prisons in other states. Read More. |
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