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Informational Hearing: Promoting Fairness and Justice to Build a Safer California

Explore state and county variations in imprisonment rates, costs, and crime rates in California. Learn about reform measures and recommendations for a more equitable and effective criminal justice system.

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Informational Hearing: Promoting Fairness and Justice to Build a Safer California

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  1. Informational Hearing: Promoting Fairness and Justice to Build a Safer California Daniel Macallair Executive Director Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

  2. Statewide Trends Sources: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Note: Rate is per 100,0000 population.

  3. County Variations in Imprisonment Ten Highest Rates Ten Lowest Rates Sources: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Board of State and Community Corrections; US Census Bureau

  4. Variations in State Imprisonment Cost Ten Highest State Costs Ten Lowest State Costs Sources: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Board of State and Community Corrections; US Census Bureau

  5. Crime Rates and Reform AB 109 Prop 47 Source: Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, “Prop 47 and Crime in 2015: A County-level Analysis”

  6. The Future of Reform • Create a state-wide sentencing oversight committee to monitor the sentencing practices of all 58 counties • Establish a ceiling on county prison commitment rates that approximates the current state average for all 58 counties – any county that exceeds the average state rate would be charged a percentage of the costs for housing that inmate in the state prison. • Continue promoting localized sentencing with greater judicial discretion with an emphasis on rehabilitation as a primary sentencing goal.

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