Broadcast date: 2/11/16
In 2009, the state of California was court ordered to reduce its prison population because the then current level of overcrowding did not allow for adequate mental health and medical care.
The order required the state to reduce its prison population by close to 40,000 inmates. An approved prison realignment plan was passed in 2011. AB 109, the Public Safety Realignment Act, was enacted to address the demand by transferring the responsibility for specified lower level risk inmates and parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to the counties. Since its passage in 2011, how has AB 109 done to decrease prison overcrowding, while reducing recidivism?
Join host Fred Munroe as he speaks with Robert Reyes, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Clark Guest, Criminal Justice Program Supervisor, and Undersheriff Tim Olivas with the County of San Luis Obispo as they discuss the ramifications of AB 109 and how its passage has impacted our community.
Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX and made possible through underwriting by Joan Gellert-Sargen.
