good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. eye thuy vu. we dedicate tonight s program to the california criminal justice system that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. under governor jerry brown s administration a record number of so-called lifers are being granted parole. the governor s office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by court rulings that make it harder to deny parole. scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. reporter: hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. hurt people. reporter: these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. the hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. reporter: they
good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. eye thuy vu. we dedicate tonight s program to the california criminal justice system that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. under governor jerry brown s administration a record number of so-called lifers are being granted parole. the governor s office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by court rulings that make it harder to deny parole. scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. reporter: hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. hurt people. reporter: these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. the hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. reporter: they
good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. eye thuy vu. we dedicate tonight s program to the california criminal justice system that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. under governor jerry brown s administration a record number of so-called lifers are being granted parole. the governor s office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by court rulings that make it harder to deny parole. scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. reporter: hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. hurt people. reporter: these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. the hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. reporter: they
good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. eye thuy vu. we dedicate tonight s program to the california criminal justice system that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. under governor jerry brown s administration a record number of so-called lifers are being granted parole. the governor s office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by court rulings that make it harder to deny parole. scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. reporter: hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. hurt people. reporter: these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. the hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. reporter: they