Let nonviolent prisoners out

Trusting Pacovilla and his guards is what got us into this mess. Trusting Pacovilla is like buying a rattlesnake for a pet

Cayenne_Bird_1union1 @ 1:33 PM PDT, Jun 13, 2008

Thank you Pacovilla. The current prison system killed that officer not what I'm proposing. Because what I am proposing gives YOU the power to release. Not a system that already has shown itself to release the wrong inmate. And since you are an expert on violent and nonviolent prisoners my children are safe with your decision. I gues my problem is that I trust YOU more than I do the system.

Allen Jones @ 11:28 AM PDT, Jun 13, 2008

Pacovilla is a rogue prison guard who left California and he is simply lying about "how difficult it is for a person to end up in prison. I know plenty of people in prison on ONE offense, minor parole violations, being late to an appointment, really STUPID reasons possible only because law enforcement labor unions control our state government and have purchased their people into elected office. Elect no one that takes money from law enforcement labor unions and keep in mind that 6500 people willing to work can change any law.

Cayenne_Bird_1union1 @ 9:52 AM PDT, Jun 13, 2008

The way to reduce crime is to avoid creating more by running mismanaged, inhumane prisons. There is much evidence now by leading criminologists, sociologist to show the downward spiral that lasts for generations when families are torn apart by practices of mass incarceration. Locking people in cages and mistreating them there is more public endangerment than public safety. There are tens of thousands of people who shouldn't be in prison at all. Google up keywords "mass incarceration, worse" and "restorative justice." Education and support of our young people are by far the best investments to prevent crime

Cayenne_Bird_1union1 @ 9:50 AM PDT, Jun 13, 2008

RUIZ, Andrew-#V87988 was a non-violent offender as defined by CDCR & Allen Jones. 2 weeks ago, he shot an LAPD narcotics officer twice, before being fatally wounded. IT IS A LIE to assert our prisons are packed with non-violent, non-serious offenders. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD ONE HAS TO TRY TO LAND IN PRISON? Excepting most homicide and sex crimes, it takes numerous felony convictions and probation failures before the judge sends one to the can. AND, a SUBSTANTIAL number of those committed for "non-violent" crimes pled down to lesser charges! You can't just consider the current commitment offense in assessing "violence!"

pacovilla @ 9:14 AM PDT, Jun 13, 2008

Mr. Jones speaks the truth. There's a ballot initative to look out for in November: Safe Neighborhoods. Great name, bad law. We all want safer communities. But, this law is another tough on crime turned dumb on crime. It has no funds for prevention and will worsen the prison crisis. It is sponsered by the same people who developed the badly written Jessica's Law. If it is passed, our tax dollars will be spent straightening it out in the courts and we will pay for the unintended consequences just as we are with Jessic's Law.

Jenifer @ 10:11 PM PDT, Jun 12, 2008

There will never be any release. I've worked in Corrections for five years and can tell you CCPOA will never allow it and our goverment will never go against CCPOA. Not even the federal receiver who already has the first week he was appointed meet with CCPOA.

Pamela @ 9:53 PM PDT, Jun 12, 2008

I think it would be good for this all to go to trial and every single person affected expose the atrocities and horrible injustices being done in the taxpayers' names. Theory is good, application of existing laws would be good too. Public outcry like yours is needed. The only possible solution is immediate release and it's propaganda that the Republicans are spreading to hold onto a failed industry. This is just more of a delay. Follow the money trail. These are law enforcement's puppets, some are Dems, most are Repugs - all are lying to save the human bondage industry.

Cayenne_Bird_1union1 @ 3:10 PM PDT, Jun 12, 2008

By the way Allen, it would be good to see you at some of these hearings in San Francisco in the future. It has been quite a burden on the mothers of the UNION to file all the lawsuits, siupport Prison Law Office and attend all Judge Henderson's hearings. No other advocates besides Prison Law Office and us have been involved at all. We have given them a million ideas for a decade but it doesn't fit in with their profit scheme.

Cayenne_Bird_1union1 @ 3:08 PM PDT, Jun 12, 2008

Allen, we worked for ten years to get AB 1539 passed, which the Gov signed last Oct 15. Under it people who were terminally ill and permanently disabled were supposed to be released. The parents of the prisoners are being told by CDCr that if they sign medical releases, they will be fired as doctors from their jobs. The 4500 terminally ill and disabled would represents many millions that could be picked up in part by SSI - federal money. There are even some parents who have the means and medical coverage to pay for their own treatment. So far they are hanging onto every last body. The laws get passed and no one oversees the implementation.

Cayenne_Bird_1union1 @ 2:42 PM PDT, Jun 12, 2008

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