Pros And Cons For Parole

Assembly bill 109 has been introduced to California as a way to help reduce prison inmates have their medical service denied. Assembly bill 109 introduce it has affected aspect of the justice system all they can do is roll with the punches. There has been increase in employees in counties from corrections to court to police department. As previously stated, it just in beta version and are still working out kinks that come with new laws trying to find the right rhythm for each county to work with. I have to say this assembly bill is very complex to understand for citizen but it’s twice as hard for the justices system to implement it to every county in California. It does say it going to be different from county to county and the end result it to reduce the number of inmate in our prison system. In which I believe we are in the right road to fixing our correctional institute. Have the non-offender serving in local jails instead of state prisons we are saving money in those areas but also bring more offenders closer to our community to committee crime in our back yards. It would benefit all those in justice system if instead of adding new laws fixing those laws we already have at work in our

Senator Mitch McConnell often delayed speaking on his decision, possibly because of impact on future elections. Senator John Cornyn of Texas and Paul Ryan showed their support in criminal justice reform, believing that change needed to happen during the last moments of Obama’s presidency.9 Currently, Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley and Minority Whip Dick Durbin are working to revive this act with similar legislation but with changes to appeal to the GOP.10 A past successful bill, The Fair Sentencing Act(FSA), has support from constituencies that would very likely support the new bill which adds retroactivity to convicted persons before the passing of the

I understand that early parole for nonviolent inmates could still be very dangerous because they are still criminals but some offences should in my opinion earn a parole hearing to be eligible for parole. Also another thing is not everyone who committed a nonviolent crime would be eligible for this. It's not an automatic release but I think It could change a lot of individuals lives, I think this would be a perfect situation to allow people who got caught with drugs to be able to be up for parole. The system in my opinion is very unjust because you have a person in jail for over a year because they were in possession of marijuana mean while a college boy who committed a rape doesn't even get 6 months. I would much rather walk among people smoking marijuana then a rapist. Ultimately in my opinion walking among rapists is much more dangerous and uncomfortable. I believe no rapist should be up for parole and maybe the proposition should specify on one crime that would be eligible for parole because all though it is considered a non violent crime does not mean no violence occurred during the

First off, parole is “the conditional release of a prisoner, prior to completition of the

The goal of parole is to reduce recidivism and help rehabilitate offenders. That is not always the case; offenders will reoffend anyways and be sent back to prison to finish out their sentence. There are many programs out there that try to help parolees become a part of the community again and stay out of trouble. The programs are out there; it is up to the parolees to join them and stay committed. The programs goals are to help the offenders reintegrate into society by using procedures and community resources.

society for so long. He felt that he entered a dystopia where everyone had become a secret agent wearing wires. He lost all his family connections while serving his sentence. Currently, he relies on government assistance and is restricted to a curfew (Johnson).

“Changing a sentence from life without parole to life with the possibility of parole clearly creates a lesser sentence, and the only person who can do that in the state of Colorado is the governor once that conviction is final, and all of these convictions are final.” (Ashby 2011) Several of the witnesses that were testifying in opposition of the bill were also present 2006 when the legislature made the promise to them that their cases would never be impacted by any retroactive reduction in sentences. As much as the legislature were certainly not bound by their promises made in 2006, they should continue to honor them and acknowledge the reasons why they were made in the first

The article, Prop. 47 got thousands out of prison. Now, $103 million in savings will go towards keeping them out, speaks of the positive effects the proposition could have on communities. It states that although the proposition has come to be controversial over the fact that several crime rates have increased due to the lenient nature of the proposition, the enactment of such is still a great win. This being due to the new investment in rehabilitation programs that will open doors for troubled individuals to truly make changes in their life that they were unable to do so before due to prior lack of such support.

Prisoners should not be given a parole opportunity. Criminals should know that if they are convicted of a crime they will not be able to get out early. This creates a heavier deterrence for people who are considering criminal acts. It would also assure that dangerous criminals are kept behind

Prison administrators, backed by legislatures, can continue to utilize early release credit programs without policy changes. The continued use of early release credit programs would provide a reduction to overcrowding. However, in continuing to use current early credit programs, legislatures are not addressing public safety concerns and the lack rehabilitation. Offenders are being released into society far too early to enable them to perform restitution and undergo rehabilitation.

The undeniable fact that Steven James Hunter had committed around 19 crimes, yet was still eligible for parole is utterly ridiculous. This is yet another case where the safety of stakeholders was put into danger. The policies of parole are not working effectively if these criminals continue to commit horrible crimes and put society at

[The idea of compassionate release has been in practice in about thirty states in the union for many years. In all but three of the other states there were programs for the early release of terminally ill offenders (O’Meara, 2010). However, the limited budgets felt by many states has encouraged renewed discussion about compassionate and medical release of elderly inmates. In an article by Gregory J. O’Meara the change in policy in Wisconsin was examined. The changes in legislation expands the category of those eligible for sentencing modification and streamlines the procedure.

“To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes” (Library of Congress, 2008)

Brendto and Mitchell brought up a Supreme Court case ruling that capital punishment for people under the age of 18 would be considered a cruel and unusual punishment (Brendto and Mitchell, 2007). This ruling does not leave much room for punishment variability in the legal system. Not only that, but a time in which Brendto and Mitchell refer to as, “”super-predator” mania,” led to the recorded results of, “Many states [shipping] juvenile offenders to adult courts and sanctions,” not to mention, “mandatory sentences kept parole boards from reducing sentences, “ (Brendto and Mitchell, 2007, Page 2). This “super predator” mania was eventually revealed to be all a part of political agenda, as data showed as much as a 57% decline in murders committed

They have to fill out and sign an application the happens to be furnished by a case manager. If the criminal does not complete the application then the offender is provided the waiver to the application. After that, the caseworker the will notify the criminal when his parole hearing is to take place. The parole hearing is an opportunity for the criminal to present their case and why they think they should be able to receive parole. The commission determines if the person is eligible for parole according to the type of sentence the criminal recieve when he was convicted. The earliest time the criminal can be parole is called the parole eligibility date. If the criminal is granted parole they must wait to be released until on or after the parole eligibility date (Frequently Asked Questions). If granted parole the parolee will then be recieve back into the community. Only 15 states do not use the parole system today while the rest of the 35 states do. The first state to use the parole system was New York. “In 1910 Congress established the U.S. Parole Commission and gave it the responsibility of evaluating and setting the release dates for federal prisoners”( Parole). Also those of a very serious crime must complete eighty-five percent of their original sentence before they can be released from prison and sent back into the real world.