February 21, 2017 at 11.39 AM


From: Sandra <sandra123@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 11:39 AM
Subject: After Prop. 47 LA inmates no longer serving reduced sentences due to overcrowding
To: Rutger Penick
Cc: paulettebrandt8@gmail.com



GET READY TO DO AT LEAST 50% OF YOUR SENTENCE BEHIIND BARS, LYNCH:

HEADLINE: “Prop. 47 brings a shift to longer time spent behind bars”
BODY:

An inmate sleeps in a triple bunk dorm room in the Men's Central Jail. Proposition 47 has reduced jail crowding, curtailing the need for early release programs. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

For decades, Los Angeles County jail inmates divided their sentences by five, 10 or 20 to calculate the time they would actually spend behind bars.
Because of overcrowding, they left after completing as little as 5% of their sentences.

Now, as Proposition 47 begins to reshape the California criminal justice system, they are serving much more of their time.

The new law, passed by voters Nov. 4, reduced drug possession and other minor crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. The county jail population plummeted and sheriff's officials began increasing the time served for the remaining inmates to 90% or more.


Most of the affected inmates will end up serving only half of that, due to automatic credits prescribed by state law, but the change is still profound.


Commentary:  Lynch is being threatened with jail over federal tax and related matters.  This was true during her 2012 trial.  Her son and Paulette Brandt were copied on this email.  

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