Prison plan details are discussed Wednesday by, from left, Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman, Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, Senate leader Don Perata and Assembly Minority Leader Mike Villines. Picture Copyright: Sacramento Bee/Brian Baer.
For years, no one could reach a solution on the problem of overcrowding in California's prisons. I have been following this particular issue with a great deal of interest for a long time now. A couple of Unions, naturally, are against the plan...as they have been for many years now.
My own take...I certainly hope the two unions don't have any success in overturning this plan. I cannot yet say if the unions are wrong or correct but at some point California will need to find out what will work (or atleast ease the problem). All parties concerned on this issue have been at a stalemate for way too long at the expense of tax payers. Now there is a plan agreed on by two of the three (Republicans, Democrats and Unions) major "players". The ideal solution is, of course, preventing crime from happening in the first place. But that is an ideal solution. This new plan may or may not work. But at this point, and given how long this issue has dogged the state, it will be worth finding out through action. If this is the best "they" can come up with for now, so be it. It now remains to be seen how successful phase 1 is. Hopefully a significant improvement to parole and sentencing rules (and possibly an increase in staffing) can be made after feedback from phase 1 or 2.
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