Jerry Brown's Prison Law Makes County
Jails More Dangerous
by Joel B. Pollak 29 Nov 2013
Here's what they call a classic
"problem from hell." California's
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a prison reform law in 2011 that sentenced
lower-level offenders to county jails rather than state prisons. Since then, violence has risen disproportionately in
county jails, with inmates attacking each other, and guards, far more
frequently.
But there's more to the story than
soft-on-crime attitudes, or state budget-cutting. Brown signed the law as part
of an effort to comply with a federal court order regarding California's overcrowded prisons. The problem
is that there is too little space in state prisons--and too much crime in an
economically troubled state.
California is becoming
increasingly dysfunctional--the sharp coastal-inland divide, the high
unemployment rate amidst massive wealth, the cutting-edge technology hubs and
the public schools that barely teach kids basic math and science--and yet much
of its dysfunction is hidden view beneath the beauty, the glitz, and the
utopianism.
The answer to the malaise is a
rapidly-growing economy and a streamlines state government. I've said before
that three policies could turn it around: 1. oil and gas drilling; 2. a 6% flat
tax; 4. removing public union privileges. The rest is mostly detail.
Simplistic? Yes, but badly needed and log overdue. In my opinion, anyway.
Jerry Brown
Note: Kathleen Brown
was the California state government treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP,
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a
2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Corrections Corporation of America.
Corrections Corporation of America
Corrections Corporation of
America (CCA) is a company that owns and manages prisons and detention centers
and operates others on a concession basis. The company is the largest private
corrections company in the United
States and manages more than 67 facilities
with a designed capacity of 92,500 beds. CCA, incorporated in 1983 by three
businessmen with experience in government and corrections, is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Corrections Corporation of America
(California)
Industry: Correctional Facility
California City, CA (760) 373-1764
This profile for Corrections
Corporation of America is
located in California City, CA. Corrections Corporation of America
industry is listed as Correctional Facility. No officers have been found for
this company.
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