Criminal Justice Reform in California

Since 2017, California’s institutional prison population has hovered at about 115,000 inmates. Steven Raphael, Goldman School of Public Policy, looks at the last decade of prison reform including reducing overcrowding, the impacts of proposition 47 and the effects of racial disproportionality in criminal justice involvement. Recorded on 08/13/2020. [2/2021] [Show ID: 36684]

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[eviemorgue]

does anyone know the penal code for criminal justice reform law, im having a hard time finding it

[janemerrittmckenna]

Is there a correlation between the reduction in incarceration and the increase in homelessness ? It had been 12 years since I'd been to Sacramento last year. I was shocked when I saw so many homeless. I simply couldn't believe it!.

[tonywalker]

So 20 mins to say that you take actual crimes off of the penal code, you can reduce crimes. Maybe if murder and rape is not against the law then California will be the safest state in the nation. This professor is the epitome of living in the ivory tower. His perspective of the world is so skewed because he is never affected by the polices he promotes. How about talking to business owners who can't stop people from stealing or to the policeman who can't arrest drug users or residents who have to wash fecal matter off sidewalks so their kids can walk to school? I guess none of those matter because its "not illegal" anymore.