Oh yeah, this will work out well. From the Museum of Absolute Fucking Lunacy (California Hall) comes this fine example:
California is set to release at least 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes in an effort to create “safer prisons.”
Safer prisons, unsafer cities. Here’s the reasoning (if you can even call it that):
The goal is to increase incentives for the incarcerated population to practice good behavior and follow the rules while serving their time and participate in rehabilitative and educational programs, which will lead to safer prisons,” Dana Simas, a state Office of Administrative Law spokeswoman, said in a statement about the mass release of prisoners in the Golden State. “Additionally, these changes would help to reduce the prison population by allowing incarcerated persons to earn their way home sooner,” she added.
So who are the lucky releasees? All non-violent people in jail for forgery, tax fraud or embezzlement? Right… not:
Of those who are set to be released, nearly 20,000 are serving life sentences.
Not everyone is happy about this news:
A number of Republican lawmakers in the state have opposed the move and criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom for acting “on his own authority, instead of the will of the people.”
I didn’t know California had any “Republican lawmakers” left — I thought they were 100% Socialist over there in the Golden Shower State.
I foresee murders. Unfortunately, those murders won’t be of the people who are behind this foolishness.
“…by allowing incarcerated persons to earn their way home sooner,” she added.”.
Yup. Those incarcerated persons be all about earning shit.
IMHO, this is beyond stupid, beyond politics. It is part of the deliberate plan to destroy this country.
> I didn’t know California had any “Republican lawmakers” left — I thought they
> were 100% Socialist over there in the Golden Shower State.
A California Republican is about where a Wyoming Democrat would be.
What in the hell is in the water or the air or the food in that damned State ??
Every time, I mean every single time I think they cannot possibly get any more insane out there, something like this comes up !
This is more of the ‘if we place bad people in environments where they are surrounded by decent people with good values and behaviors, those good traits will ‘rub off’ onto the bad people and they will become good people’ !
/sarc on
They should amend this ‘new program to make prisons safer’ by ensuring that each prisoner released is given a firearm and ammunition so that he/she can protect themselves because, you know, there are dangerous people out there !! ( you heard it here first – don’t be surprised !! )
/sarc off
Why doesn’t SOMEBODY stand up when this kind of stupidity is put forth and start out by asking PUBLICLY and LOUDLY – ‘Are you out of your #$%^&* MIND ?’
It’s insanity. Proven time and time again to be false and yet these idiots keep expecting a different outcome. At least they seem to expect it, given their stated justifications.
I think that what they REALLY WANT chaos, anarchy etc. for the explicit purpose of declaring
PERMANENT martial law.
you’re absolutely right.
They just get more and more ludicrous with each law and policy they pass. It’s like they have a magic eight ball of stupid ideas that they shake up form time to time.
They are weak on criminals, tax too much, waste taxpayer earnings etc.
JQ
Sounds like some of the neighboring rural counties are going to have to erect check-points on those back-roads that cross into CA.