Post on 22-Feb-2016
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B R E S L I M I C K & S A RA H W O N G K I N G
AB 109REALLIGNMENT
PROBLEM ?
CA PRISON HISTORY
OVER CAPACITY
AB 109
• Result of Supreme Court May 2011 Order
• to cut 10,000 inmates from the prison by November
• To cut 33,000 inmates from prison within two years
WHAT DID THE BILL SAY?
County Jails
Low-level offenders
State Prisons
A YEAR LATER…
2006 2009 20120
50000
100000
150000
200000
Number of Individuals in CA State Prisons
# o
f Pri
sone
rs
WHAT DID THE BILL DO?
CRITICAL RESISTANCE
• http://www.visionsofabolition.org/trailer.html
DISCUSSIONS
•What level of prevention does AB 109 address?
•What would it take to go upstream and address this issue from a primary prevention lens? In policy?
WHAT DO WE DO?
•We do the best we can and fight
on!