Democratic Senators Call for Prison Plan from Schwarzenegger Administration—Inmate Population “A Bouncing Ball” Making Budget “Virtually Impossible”

As the TERMINATOR said, " GAME OVER." There's no more frosting on the cake and the PRISON GUARDS ate all the cake to where the system can't have a piece of it anymore-My My, what are you going to do? Maybe if you make another cake that will appeal to the taxpayers you'll have some more frosting to put on it to keep it going around, but I don't think that the taxpayers are going for such a solicitation, especially now that reallity has sunk in. Your unjust and vigilanty laws such as the THREE STRIKES LAW to name one, is what has caused you to STRIKE OUT with all kinds of foul balls. YOU DID IT TO YOUSELVES!!!

As the TERMINATOR said, " GAME OVER." There's no more frosting on the cake and the PRISON GUARDS ate all the cake to where the system can't have a piece of it anymore-My My, what are you going to do? Maybe if you make another cake that will appeal to the taxpayers you'll have some more frosting to put on it to keep it going around, but I don't think that the taxpayers are going for such a solicitation, especially now that reallity has sunk in. Your unjust and vigilanty laws such as the THREE STRIKES LAW to name one, is what has caused you to STRIKE OUT with all kinds of foul balls. YOU DID IT TO YOUSELVES!!!

It is about time! This political agenda has gone on far too long. The bill is now due for all those who voted for stiffer sentences and 3 strikes laws without looking at the big picture. This has to stop! If California wants to be a prison nation then just raise the taxes, pay for it and shut up! Stop bouncing the ball! Arnold, "Tag you are it". You wanted this job so make a decision already. Maybe the tough Terminator is really a girly boy after all.

Cry cry that's all we hear is crying...you lawmakers and senators made these laws!! And the overcrowding in these prisons this letter to Arnold is a joke just like Arnold !!!you have had years to fix this problem and instead you choose to let one inmate die every week in the prisons
so look at the years that you could of done something!!! And you chose to ignore every court order for 12 years!! I personally think
all of you are heartless heartless and cruel..
I personally think you should go to prison for breaking court orders?? Because if we did you know we'd be in prison if!! I think this is a joke and I also think that rehabilitation should have never been taken away for your longer sentences laws... biggest joke of California..
I do think you should raise taxes to pay for all this because prisons is what you wanted not rehabilitation.... so pay for the bills on the prisons

The prisons are so crowded that nothing gets taken care of. They are now making their own rules and regulations. The TITLE 15 is the law but I was told that they (counselors, wardens, officers) adapt the DOM (Department Operating Manuel) to suit their purposes. No one is aloud to try and fix anything(mistakes made in inmate files) because most of the workers in the prison are just there to get a paycheck. They sure aren't there to help rehabilitate.....they are there to punish.

The Governor has done nothing and will continue to do nothing because he is in the pocket of the CDC(R).

Thank you for NOT approving the appointment of any more law enforcement on the parole board.

AB 1539 was passed in Oct. 2007 so the CMO's of the prison doctors could recommend release for very sick prisoners who cannot perform the daily living activities. I was in Sacramento and testified to pass this bill. These releases would save the State Millions of dollars.

Not one doctor will recommend a release. I had one doctor tell me "I work for the CDC and I would lose my job if I make such a recommendation".

Why pass any new laws if everyone in the CDC refuses and are afraid to act under the new law. One guard just recently told my dying son "you are my paycheck". How cruel can it get?

CDCR policy and practice does not adhere to the Penal Code nor Title 15. They function as if above and beyond the law, relying on the CDCR DOM (Departmental Operations Manual). There is a total lack of accountability to ANYONE - not the governor, the legislature nor the people. Look at the application of proposition 83 conditions on parolees. CDCR interpretations are applied in as draconian a manner as is possible in order to make it most difficult for the parolee to comply AND the parole agents to administer; in perpetuity of planned recidivism inherent in the CDCR mod us operandi and mind-set. Their practices in this one area violate both US and State constitution and penal code ex post facto provisions. Did governor Schwarzenegger say he would uphold all the laws of this state and the country or just those he agreed with?

CDCR policy and practice does not adhere to the Penal Code nor Title 15. They function as if above and beyond the law, relying on the CDCR DOM (Departmental Operations Manual). There is a total lack of accountability to ANYONE - not the governor, the legislature nor the people. Look at the application of proposition 83 conditions on parolees. CDCR interpretations are applied in as draconian a manner as is possible in order to make it most difficult for the parolee to comply AND the parole agents to administer; in perpetuity of planned recidivism inherent in the CDCR mod us operandi and mind-set. Their practices in this one area violate both US and State constitution and penal code ex post facto provisions. Did governor Schwarzenegger say he would uphold all the laws of this state and the country or just those he agreed with?

CDCR policy and practice does not adhere to the Penal Code nor Title 15. They function as if above and beyond the law, relying on the CDCR DOM (Departmental Operations Manual). There is a total lack of accountability to ANYONE - not the governor, the legislature nor the people. Look at the application of proposition 83 conditions on parolees. CDCR interpretations are applied in as draconian a manner as is possible in order to make it most difficult for the parolee to comply AND the parole agents to administer; in perpetuity of planned recidivism inherent in the CDCR mod us operandi and mind-set. Their practices in this one area violate both US and State constitution and penal code ex post facto provisions. Did governor Schwarzenegger say he would uphold all the laws of this state and the country or just those he agreed with?

When are the lawmakers in Sacramento actually going to start being SMART on crime and adopt alternative sentencing for non-violent crime and parole violations and repair the totally broken parole system so that people with a life with parole sentence actually have a chance of winning parole?

Those two measures alone would already do enough to decrease the prison population to a level where building new prisons or constructing more beds won't even be necessary anymore.

Darn it, it ain't THAT hard!

I totally agree with everyone's comments above. Does anyone have information about the federal three judge panel?

Perhaps California should find a way to stop growing so many criminals. Children who do not grow up with parental love and support are more at risk of becoming criminals than those who do have such support. Such love and support is more likely to come from two parent households with one parent at home. What percent of California households are in that category? Why?
For some interesting perspectives that indirectly relate, see http://www.thepromiseofhome.com/Media/Interviews/tabid/69/Default.aspx
Senator James Webb held hearings on incarceration rates last October, and may hold a second round of hearings next month.Professor Glenn C Loury testified last year. He started to express some important views, but didn't finish. Perhaps he will have another chance.
http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/Glenn_Loury/louryhomepage/
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/loury.htm
Well worth reading and pondering.

YapYap, Californians United for a Responsible Budget recently submitted an amicus brief to the federal panel on overcrowding. The one page summary of that brief, which outlines alternatives to prison construction, can be found here:

http://curbprisonspending.org/Amicussum.pdf

If you work with an organization that may be interested in learning more about the prison crisis, we offer a lively slideshow on the topic that we are happy to present. The flier for the workshop is here:

http://curbprisonspending.org/WorkshopFlyer.pdf

I have a son at crc. in norco,ca who is constantly being abused by some correctional officers it appears they ignore title ,15 and
any other state mandates.the inmates cannot ask
questions of the Co"s they are treated not like they are human beings,although the state has written policies that the inmates are to respect
the CO"s and the CO"s are to respect the inmates
the CO"s disrespect,visitors they talk to some visitors with total disrespect.not all of the CO"s
but a few.my son has constantly had his personal
items taken ,and this is ongoing .his TV.was dropped on the floor 4-18-08 by a Co.on dorm 303
my sons name is Jeffery L Crews 303-15L.i am
putting this out there because my son hasn"t killed,or raped anyone.yet he was sentenced to
13years in prison of which he has served 5 years.

Sorry, but you voted an unconstitutional and heinous law into being - 3 strikes.

If the punishment were consistent and fit the crime, many would not be serving long, unwarranted life sentences.

WE NEED SENTENCING REFORM and FAST! Citizens and law makers - don't be duped by 'emotional' false pleas, look to the logic of what you are and have done to peoples lives.

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