Gov. Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws
delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday, approving measures to seal criminal records and free dying inmates but denying bids to restrict solitary confinement and boost inmates' wages.what proponents call the nation's most sweeping law to seal criminal records, though it excludes felons convicted of serious, violent and sex crimes.
"Old records that no longer reflect the reality of who someone is and what they have accomplished should not be a barrier to opportunity," said Tinisch Hollins, executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice, which was among reform groups seeking the legislation. "It reduces incarceration costs, but more importantly, ensures there is a more humane and effective relief process for all people in California's state prisons," said Claudia Gonzalez of Root & Rebound, one of the reform groups that sought the measure. Newsom said California is the first state to limit the use of rap lyrics and other artistic expression in criminal prosecutions.
This year, he blocked a bill that would have made California the latest state to restrict segregated confinement in prisons and jails, as well as for the first time adding immigration detention facilities.
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