California State Sheriffs' Association (formerly)
Former legislative representative and former president of the California State Sheriffs' Association; former sheriff of San Benito County
PROFILE
Curtis J. Hill
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FROM Curtis J. Hill
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Prisons, Jails and Alternative Punishments The US Supreme Court has ruled that California's overcrowded prisons constitute cruel and unusual punishment. To reduce the population, Governor Brown and the legislature enacted " realignment ," which provides that non-serious, non-violent, non-child abuse convicts be sentenced to county jails. That's where parole violators are going now, too. But the state prisons are still not emptying out fast enough, and three appellate court judges are threatening to order that inmates be released early. The goal is a population that's 137 percent of prison capacity. On Friday, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the CDCR, has been asked to tell the judges how it plans to achieve that by June of next year.
Which Way, L.A.?
Local Law Enforcement and Federal Immigration Law The state legislature is considered likely to pass a measure called the Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools – or TRUST Act , designed to blunt the impact of a controversial federal immigration program called " Secure Communities ."
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