At the December meeting of the Glendale Homeowner’s Coordinating Council, a presentation by Glendale police Captain Michael Rock brought attention to an impending threat to all of us: the release of felons from state prisons to local areas before they complete their sentences.
This travesty is a result of a federal judge ruling that California state prisons are overcrowded and must be reduced and Gov. Jerry Brown’s flawed policy of realignment, which means that the California system of parole as we have known it no longer exists.
The result is approximately 33,000 felons are being released into our communities with no mechanism to ensure successful reentry into society, and no mechanism for anyone who violates the conditions of their release. This population has a recidivism rate of 70%, according to police, and 11,000 of these felons will be directed to Los Angeles County by end of year 2011.