Is a California Prison Reform Deal Imminent?

Prison Federal Receiver, good idea, or money grab?

Does the Federal Government need money? What a way to grab it from the State.
We better change our sentencing laws.

The State of California Prison System is the largest of any State in the U.S. It also tops any foreign countries prison population. There is a big supply of $$$$$$$$$ in the California prison system.

Now the Federal Government has to pay California to house their Federal prisoners.

When the Feds. take over California Taxpayers will have to pay the Federal Government to take care of California prisoners. This will be a big shift in $$$$$$$$$ to the Federal Government Treasury. Do you think for one minute that the Government doesn't see the prison system as a major industry to produce cash?

The prison health care will be turned over to some very large HMO type of provider such as Health Care Services, Inc. who already has contracts with several other State's prisons.

All prisoner lawsuits will be shifted from State to Federal courts. Medical Mal Practice against prison doctors will be stopped.

The Federal Government will be able to house any prisoner in any State they see fit.

Under the disguise of Rehabilitation, it will allow the Federal Government to contract with private industry to put their manufacturing plants on California Prison property and broaden the horizon as to where these prisoner made products can be sold. This is a big $$$$ business it is not all about prisoner's health care. It is slave labor. it is a Government take-over of California Prison $$$$$$$$$.

If the federal government takes over then all CO's will be gone and replacements will be hired - that means people with very very little training will be hired at $12 an hour - great incentive to protect the public! that is IF you can find someone who will take feces, urine and blood in the face for $12 an hour, if you can't then you have an even bigger problem than prison overcrowding.

if you are going to have strict laws and sentencing guidelines then you are going to have more prisoners, and more prisoners doing more time, you need more prisons - something has to give, either quit locking people up - or build more prisons to house them, you can't have it both ways.

Mega left liberals want 3 strike laws, but don't want to build more prisons...now you have to let them back on the streets.

People need to stop making it such a big issue! The state should help thereselves out and release the inmates that have already served a great deal of there sentence to help eleviate the overcrowding. I mean let's face it there going to be released anyway. People are so concerned about letting out an inmate, but they will be surprised to know that many felons live in in there neighborhood or even work with them.

Of course the prison system is a big money market for either the Feds or the State, so it doesn't matter. The State can build as many prisons as it wants, but that doesn't mean the public is any safer. Our governing principals should not just be punishment, but rehabilitation efforts. It costs $52,000 a year to keep an inmate in prison. That's more than receiving an education at a private 4-year university. Californians complain about not affording college for their kids, but they don't mind spending that much in keeping a non-violent criminal in prison or should i say a poor minority.

CA seems to be ruled by more by testosterone and less by reason. Prisons are over crowded... women receive longer sentencing than their male counterparts. There are many women incarcerated for very long sentences for offenses that are not drug related or for violent crimes. they are no past 50 with long time left even for parole. And the "system" just keeps adding more to the already over crowded facilities. When 1,000's of these "grannies in the yard" could reenter their communities and make valuable contributions tot heir families wee being and their communities. Little is being done to facilitate any initiative to provide early releases for the "grannies" and yet they pose no threat of recidivism. As on time offenders, they deserve reentry sooner than later. yet the male dominated system denies their existence, instead treating all incarcerated women as the same. Why you ask? Why does a dog lick himself.. because he can. That is the story of the CA penal system... because they can. meanwhile, the gender gap in equity of sentencing women continues. Where is Gloria Allred? Hiding.

I think that there is no purpose in prison reform it the same old thing anyways you get these so many years in jail and your mainly just there for the heck of it my question is how does it really help that you stick a person in jail and there supposed to get over their problem within in a certain amount of time it will just be the same thing over and over again they'll get out of jail and then they'll just end up going along with their killing, and anything else they have a problem with so whats the point of jails anyways thats my question?

I think that there is no purpose in prison reform it the same old thing anyways you get these so many years in jail and your mainly just there for the heck of it my question is how does it really help that you stick a person in jail and there supposed to get over their problem within in a certain amount of time it will just be the same thing over and over again they'll get out of jail and then they'll just end up going along with their killing, and anything else they have a problem with so whats the point of jails anyways thats my question?

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