Once you become an involuntary cog in the machine, the natural state of freedom becomes anathema to the State. As has been California’s practice in this litigation, California didn’t initially take the order [to broaden a program known as 2-for-1 credits that gives inmates who meet certain milestones the opportunity to have their sentences reduced] that seriously. It continued to work toward reducing its prison population. In fact, the ballot initiative passed by voters in November to reclassify several nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors will go a long way toward achieving that goal. But it insisted that it didn’t have to do it the way the court wanted it to, because doing so could deplete the state’s source of inmate firefighters... This is a despicable example of the agents of the state of California putting their own interests above those individuals who reside within it.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:50:53 +0000
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