The Democrats came this close to sneaking in a measure (in one of the budget trailer bills) that would have given future prisoners one day credit for each day served behind bars — for doing nothing more than breathing. (Read an earlier post that explains this concept in better detail)
But luckily for California families and law-abiding citizens everywhere, the "prison-credit sneak" was caught before it became law.
Now other public safety measures contained within the trailer bills are in dispute — specifically the fixes Republicans requested for the bi-partisan 2007 prison measure (Assembly Bill 900) that would build more prison beds and Prison Receiver J. Clark Kelso’s prison bond (Senate Bill 1665) that relates to prison health care.
Stay tuned …