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76K California Violent, Career Felons Get Earlier Releases – NBC Connecticut

Under the change, more than 10,000 prisoners convicted of a second serious but nonviolent offense under the state s “three strikes” law will be eligible for release after serving half their sentences. That s an increase from the current time-served credit of one-third of their sentence. The same increased release time will apply to nearly 2,900 nonviolent third strikers, the corrections department projected. Also as of Saturday, all minimum-security inmates in work camps, including those in firefighting camps, will be eligible for the same month of earlier release for every month they spend in the camp, regardless of the severity of their crime. The changes were approved this week by the state Office of Administrative Law.

76,000 California prison inmates now eligible for earlier releases • Long Beach Post News

- ADVERTISEMENT - More than 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes will be eligible for good behavior credits that shorten their sentences by one-third instead of the one-fifth that had been in place since 2017. That includes nearly 20,000 inmates who are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole. The new rules take effect Saturday but it will be months or years before any inmates go free earlier. Corrections officials say the goal is to reward inmates who better themselves while critics said the move will endanger the public. Under the change, more than 10,000 prisoners convicted of a second serious but nonviolent offense under the state’s “three strikes” law will be eligible for release after serving half their sentences. That’s an increase from the current time-served credit of one-third of their sentence.

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