Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 12, 2007
Terms of Commission
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - An underlying cause of prison overcrowding in California is the state’s sentencing scheme. The proposed sentencing commission could fix that.
By Jeffrey A. Lowe
California's well-documented prison-overcrowding crisis has been the subject of considerable debate in the media. In fact, "counties are currently releasing 18,000 pre- and post-sentenced inmates every month, and many counties are so overcrowded, they do not accept misdemeanor bookings in any form," according to California State Sheriffs' Association President Gary Penrod. Politicians from both ...
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