Criminal
Aug. 29, 2013
Senators unveil competing prison proposal
A day after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a costly plan to send 8,000 California inmates to private prisons and county jails, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg offered a counterproposal.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - A day after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a costly plan to send 8,000 California inmates to private prisons and county jails, state senators led by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg offered a cheaper counterproposal to reduce prison overcrowding through laxer sentencing laws and outreach programs to discourage repeat offenses.
"The governor's plan contains no hope," Stein...
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