More jobs killed?

[omsteelo]

Calfornia was ordered to further reduce the inmate population by 8%, even if it means waiving local and state laws. The gov. says there are not enough non dangerous people eligible to be released. That said, that would mean that no further people can be arrested, because they prisons already have too many inmates? Interested to see how they try to reconcile that issue. I would also assume that a relevant number of nurses, etc. will also lose their jobs?

[DavidDudley]

It's simply just absurd. You can't reduce the inmate population when the vast majority of the inmates released will come right back to prison. These people are released into a society where there are no jobs. Their tainted record on top of the bad economy makes it even more impossible. Consequently, they just go back to committing crimes/selling drugs to survive and end up going right back to prison.

The inmates may be able to be released, but cops will always be able to arrest them once they violate their paroles or commit crimes. So there will always be jobs for correctional nurses.

[omsteelo]

Not to mention the fact that more people are arrested every day, aside from those that recommit? But aside from that- a reduction of 8% seems to me a logical JOB reduction of 8%, at the same time california is trying to comply with an order to increase medical care to inmates/ Insanity.