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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

California May Send Thousands of Female Prisoners Home

Thousands of women inmates from California prisons could soon be released to be reunited with their families under a program the state began implementing on Monday.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said offenders whose crimes were nonviolent, nonserious and not sexual, with less than two years remaining on their sentences, are eligible for the Alternative Custody Program, which was signed into law in 2010 by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Discrimination at it's finest!

Anonymous said...

why the heck they keeping non-violent ladies locked up in the first place. I guess they just love to waste money. instead of protect and serve it should endanger and waste.