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BOE Member George Runner

Myths about California Prison Population Debunked

With yesterday’s news that three federal judges have decided 44,000 California state inmates ought to be released, now is a good time to take a look at the facts about our state prison in this paper, "Who Is In Our State Prisons?"
 
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: the folks at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation desperately need to focus on the rehabilitation part if we are to quit the foolish practice of sending parolees back to prison on infractions. But California does not have the crowding and health care problems that some liberals would have you believe. As a matter of fact, when it comes to prison populations, California is about in the middle when compared to other states, according to the Pew Institute — a Left leaning think tank, as you will read in my paper.