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...consultant to the California Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, Joan Petersilia is also a professor of criminology at University of California Irvine and director of its Center on Evidence-Based Corrections, which is funded by the prisons department. An expert on prison reform, she offers her thoughts on how to solve the myriad problems in the nation's largest corrections system as it faces the threat of federal supervision...
...federal courts impose population caps there will be a wholesale release of violent offenders, endangering public safety. Are those concerns well-founded? Petersilia: If it happens, there will never be a wholesale release of violent felons to meet the caps. California will do individual risk assessments of the prison population and make decisions based on age, the inmates' prison and criminal record, and seriousness of their current crime...
...happen faster than they have been. But this is not a sprint; it is a marathon. The department of corrections has been promising reform for years and hasn't been able to deliver. So, there is a real possibility that there will be a court-ordered cap on the prison population in the state. This is a pinnacle moment in California. I think we've philosophically shifted priorities from punishment to rehabilitation, the new director embraces the change, and key elected leaders are talking reform. The challenge is whether they can make this happen in the nation's largest system...
What are the key problems with California's prison system? The textbooks say corrections departments are the most difficult organizations to run because they have few treatment resources, a difficult clientele, little public support and must deal with mixed messages from those wanting both rehabilitation and punishment. In California, the problem is exacerbated because the system is so huge. There have been numerous management changes and varied missions, we have severe gang problems within the prison population and our parole and sentencing systems are extremely complex...
...Jefferson's supporters, her election would be a measure of vindication for what many believe is a frame-up. His indictment includes 16 counts alleging fraud, racketeering, money laundering, soliciting bribes and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, charges that could land him a prison term of more than 200 years. All along, "Dollar Bill" - a nickname he was tagged with early in his political career - has maintained his innocence. At his arraignment, where he entered a not guilty plea, he offered a hint to what could be a central part his defense - that the charges are politically motivated...