California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said Wednesday they are launching a program that aims to relocate criminals with death sentences to different prisons by this summer.
The launch of the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program marks the closure of segregated death row units at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, according to the CDCR.
The state agency said in a statement that the program offers prisoners with death sentences opportunities such as employment, rehabilitation programs, and avenues for restitution to victims.
The program doesn’t alter the inmates’ sentences and they remain condemned. The program also will enable CDCR to repurpose existing facilities for educational and restorative justice purposes.
Expanding upon a previous pilot program, the CDCR’s initiative will extend eligibility from eight to 24 institutions. This ensures permanent transfers tailored to individuals’ behaviors rather than solely based on their prison sentence.
CDRC officials said the program “reflects a broader shift towards rehabilitation-focused approaches within the criminal justice system.”
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Problematic
waiting for them to escape custody during transfer. and Scott Peterson to stay at a 4 star hotel as he is declared innocent by all the morons without memories or brains..
I don’t think that’s part of the plan…
How so? Just trying to understand your point of view.
The best way to empty out San Quentin’s death row is to carry out the sentences.
Sounds good to me, the only to deter crime is for the criminals to be held accountable.
That’s been proven wrong for decades. When committing crimes, especially crimes of passion which a lot of death penalty crimes constitute, the very last thing the criminal is going to do is pull out a calculator and reason out that if he commits this crime he will be sentenced x amount of years, but on the other hand if he does this other crime he could be sentenced the death penalty, and then ration with himself what crime he is going to commit. See how ridiculous that is? The punishment for the crime is the very last thing a criminal will consider before committing a crime, that’s if it even crosses their minds at all.
Wrong; most death sentences are for very heinous crimes, such as multiple murders, rape and murder of children, kidnap w/murder. Those death sentences are usually not “crimes of passion.” You need to do your research. I spent 20 years in San Quentin…I am familiar with what criminals are on death row.
California needs electric bleachers.
Wow that should stop crime…
Gen Pop, will take out the trash.
When the next governor reinstates the death penalty, at least the condemned will die rehabilitated and employed.
California technically still has the death penalty but they haven’t carried it out for almost 15 years. The courts always find some way to put it on hold. Usually it has to do with whether the execution will be carried out humanely or not. There are 650 on death row, with 20 of them being Women.
The criminals certainly didn’t take that into account did they? why should they get better than their victims? Would rather the criminal not have the opportunity to offend again…
The governor has placed a moratorium on all executions. As citizens in CA we voted for executions but the governor doesn’t care what we want.
My problem with the death penalty is the fact that so many cases have been later overturned by DNA evidence, that might not have been available when convictions were handed down. It shows that our justice system is flawed, and influenced by other factors. When an execution is carried out, it’s done on behalf of the citizens, of which I’m one of. I’m not positive our society deserves that right. Of course, there are cases in which there is irrefutable evidence, and I certainly wouldn’t shed any tears for the executions which are carried out in many cases, but it’s been proven many times over that people have been convicted of crimes based on faulty, or even manufactured evidence, based on economic status, racial bias, or pressure on law enforcement agencies to solve cases. If the possibility exists for even one inmate being wrongfully executed in my name (as one of the previously mentioned citizens) I find that unacceptable. Better to find an island surrounded by penned-up great whites, throw the worst of the worst on it, and let them sort it out themselves, I figure. I’m just not sure that we as a society should have the power of rendering the death penalty when the justice system has proven itself so inequitable. If you have enough money, you might be able to hire your “dream team” while someone else has the worst representation ever. That isn’t justice.
We all know they want to close it down & build multimillion dollar homes in that spot. As our state leaders they might just set them all free cause they the prisoners are the real victims here LOL
Move them to a state that still executes scumbags.
You said it! It’s not only common sense but it’s proven true. But that still escapes most people today.
Note to self…’ If you’re gonna murder people, California has two things in its favor. Lots of people worthy of it, and lack of criminal hazard.’
So disgusting. We all voted to keep the death penalty. Then that idiot of a governor decided in his own words, me and my wife are against the death penalty so I am not allowing. We voters have no voice with this jerk in office.
Yup, unfortunately these damn democrats don’t care about what is right and just!!! It never occurs to them that morals and the laws are to be upheld!!!! NOT their Crazy way of thinking.
If there’s anything a death row prisoner needs, it’s more employment opportunities. /s
Why not just kill them the same way they killed their victims I think that would give all those criminals that are on death row something to think about.
As far as transferring them from San Quentin prison, why are we not just putting all death row inmates in one prison instead of in several different prisons this state makes no sense we need to be more like Texas. If they are condemned and convicted beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were the ones that did the criminal act that put them on death row and Fry their ass don’t givethem time to waste more of our tax paying dollars. we need a governor that will stand behind the victims and the families..
And we, the tax payer gets to pay for the extra personal to teach the criminals how to be an upstanding citizen while they wait for their sentence to be carried out, if ever because they can appeal any and all decisions till the cows come home!
Till then they live the good life!
This deal about transferring condemned inmates to other prisons is solely Gavin Newsom. California voters consistently vote for Gavin Newsom and his aunt Nancy Pelosi. The idea of a moratorium on Capitol Punishment is Gov. Newsom circumventing the will of the voters who entrusted him to represent them. Even his own party filed a suit against him over his policies that were largely seen as a “gross over reach” of power. But God help us all, because California continues to vote for the idiot.
California – Friend, supporter, enabler to criminals and promoter of crime and criminal behavior.
There is no such inmate as Richard Allen Davis in any California prison BTW.
Not quite accurate. He is currently located at California Health Care Facility, operated by the California Department of Corrections.
https://apps.cdcr.ca.gov/ciris/details?cdcrNumber=D11903
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