Recent reports indicate that a large number of state parolees are removing the GPS monitors that track their whereabouts. These criminals slip back into our communities unsupervised. This is unacceptable.

In October 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment policy began shifting the responsibility of incarcerating some criminals from state prisons to county jails. This policy was the result of a court order to reduce the overcrowding in state prisons.

The program resulted in the early release of criminals from overcrowded county jails back onto the streets of our neighborhoods. The policy also meant that state parole violators would be sent to county jails instead of returning them to state prisons.

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