California would allow more ill and dying inmates to be released from state prisons under legislation that cleared the state Senate without opposition this week and heads to the Assembly for final approval.
California would allow more ill and dying inmates to be released from state prisons under legislation that cleared the state Senate without opposition on Thursday and heads to the Assembly for final approval.
"Unfortunately, due to flaws in the current system, too few people are being released and far too many are dying before the process is completed," the group said in a recent report. By contrast, current law requires inmates to be terminally ill or permanently medically incapacitated, with strict definitions. The illness currently must be expected to be fatal within 12 months. And permanent incapacity is defined as meaning that an inmate requires medical care around the clock.
"California's current policy is too narrow, and the process is lengthy and redundant, unnecessarily saddling the state with high medical costs," Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting said after the Senate supported his bill. "We can do better."
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