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Proposition 57 was an initiated California ballot proposition, approved on the November 8, 2016 ballot. The Proposition allows parole consideration for nonviolent felons, changes policies on juvenile prosecution, [ 2 ] and authorizes sentence credits for rehabilitation, good behavior, and education.
Proposition 57, Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements One of many responses to prison overcrowding, this approved ballot proposition allowed the parole board to release people convicted of "non-violent" crimes once they served the full sentence for their primary offense. It also required CDCR to develop uniform ...
The filing fee for submitting a proposition to the ballot has been raised by a factor of 10, from $200 to $2,000, following the signing of a law in September 2015. Originally lawmakers wanted to raise the fee to $8,000 but compromised on $2,000. The fee is refunded if the proposition makes it to the ballot.
Early prison release under Prop 57 was intended to mitigate prison overcrowding, but it fails miserably in its classification of rape of an incapacitated person as a non-violent felony, resulting ...
Andres Cachu was arrested on suspicion of felony evasion, weapons possession and drug possession Tuesday.
Constitutional follow-up to Proposition 13 (1978). Proposition 22 (2000) Passed, then declared unconstitutional: A statute banning same-sex marriage. Proposition 52 (2002) Defeated: Allowing voting registration on Election Day. Proposition 71 (2004) Passed: On the use of stem cells in scientific research. Proposition 73 (2005) Defeated
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday released a budget proposal that includes $14.5 billion for California prisons, nearly the same amount the state expects to spend through this fiscal year while the ...
This is a list of state prisons in California operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). [1] CDCR operates 34 adult prisons in California, with a design capacity of 85,083 incarcerated people.