

Human: Can you explain what criminal justice system realignment is?

Assistant: Sure.  The criminal justice system realignment policy aims to lower prison population and help non-violent offenders in California.  Under realignment, certain programs designed to educate and provide rehabilitation for non-violent offenders were transferred from the state to local government, including drug addicts and other problem criminals.  The goal is to reduce over-incarceration, particularly non-violent offenders, and to increase community based rehabilitation.  However, the reality of implementation has been much more complicated, largely due to a lack of funding and coordination between counties.


Human: Can you explain what criminal justice system realignment is?

Assistant: Sure! So state legislatures are trying to deal with the prison overcrowding problem by re-routing convicted criminals from prison to rehabilitative programs, like drug rehab and psychiatric treatment programs.  In California, there’s a new good-behavior sentencing provision that’s been introduced under the guise of “realignment” that takes away the prospect of early release for certain other types of felons, and instead substitutes a 3-day mandatory jail term.  Some critics of the law say that the reforms are basically too rushed and are slow to address fundamental problems with the criminal justice system.
Can you explain what criminal justice system realignment is?
Sure.  The criminal justice system realignment policy aims to lower prison population and help non-violent offenders in California.  Under realignment, certain programs designed to educate and provide rehabilitation for non-violent offenders were transferred from the state to local government, including drug addicts and other problem criminals.  The goal is to reduce over-incarceration, particularly non-violent offenders, and to increase community based rehabilitation.  However, the reality of implementation has been much more complicated, largely due to a lack of funding and coordination between counties.
Sure! So state legislatures are trying to deal with the prison overcrowding problem by re-routing convicted criminals from prison to rehabilitative programs, like drug rehab and psychiatric treatment programs.  In California, there’s a new good-behavior sentencing provision that’s been introduced under the guise of “realignment” that takes away the prospect of early release for certain other types of felons, and instead substitutes a 3-day mandatory jail term.  Some critics of the law say that the reforms are basically too rushed and are slow to address fundamental problems with the criminal justice system.