State of California’s Public Safety Realignment Program
November 12, 2011
The State of California’s Public Safety Realignment Program for so-called “lower-level offenders” requires counties to incarcerate all convicted felons sentenced to state prison on nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex related offenses. In addition, the program approved by Gov. Jerry Brown shifts responsibility for adult parole services for nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex related offenses to individual counties. Parole services include incarceration for parole violations and parolee supervision.
- District Attorney Cooley’s letter to Los Angeles County Mayor Michael Antonovich regarding the State of California’s Public Safety Realignment Program from Aug. 30, 2011
- Excerpts of the District Attorney’s testimony on the Realignment proposal from Feb. 4, 2011
- The District Attorney’s White Paper on the Realignment proposal from February 2011