USA Today
SACRAMENTO — The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the California budget deal announced last night calls for cutting the prison population by 27,000 inmates.
The move, which is projected to save $1.2 billion during the current fiscal year, would let some inmates finish their sentences at home, reduce parole supervision for the least serious offenders and create incentives for inmates to complete rehabilitation programs. The paper explains:
The plan would grant authority to state corrections officials to allow any inmate with 12 months or less left to serve to complete his or her sentence on home detention, although state officials would not be required to do so. Prison officials could also put any inmate who is over 60 or medically incapacitated on home detention instead of in a prison cell....
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