CDCR early release credit regulation Archives

How Does a Convicted Serial Arsonist Get Early Parole With 1/3 Sentence Served?

November 15, 2022 9:51 amNovember 16, 2022 12:13 pm

Politics now trump public safety and criminal law in California, and even “prevent people from going to prison.” With California suffering deadly and devastating wildfires every year, it is astonishing that Parole Commissioners with the California Department of Corrections and...

California DAs Want State Prison Officials to Explain Early Release of Violent Criminals

November 4, 2022 2:50 amNovember 3, 2022 9:32 pm

The California District Attorneys Association wants the state prison system to explain why it is releasing violent prisoners who haven’t earned sufficient rehabilitation credits early from prison. In some cases, they have re-offended and committed even more serious crimes, the...

Calif. DAs Win Temporary Restraining Order Preventing Corrections Dept. From Awarding 66% ‘Good Conduct Credits’ to Second-Strikers

January 26, 2022 2:28 amJanuary 25, 2022 8:02 pm

The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation recently enacted so-called “emergency” regulations to allow for additional “good conduct credits” to be awarded to serious and violent felons, and not based upon these felons completing any rehabilitation programs, or in essence,...

Judge Grants Restraining Order Against New CDCR Early Release Credit Regulations

December 30, 2021 10:17 amNovember 3, 2022 8:53 pm

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday to stop the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) from increasing the number of “good conduct credits” that non-violent “second strike” inmates could receive. The...