| For six years, we've had a governor who failed to manage our prisons -- and now he wants to avoid responsibility for the consequences of his mismanagement.
Solving this crisis requires a serious and thoughtful reorganization of the way California manages incarcerations, prisons, and public safety systems in general. To reduce the prison population, we must deter crime and reach young people early, before they begin down the criminal path, channeling them into more productive pursuits.
Please sign my petition to Governor Schwarzenegger and your legislators now (on Facebook here, and on my campaign website here).
Prison and sentencing reform have many complex elements, and one-stop-shop solutions such as privatization are not the answer.
For Governor Schwarzenegger to proclaim that the answer to our failing and costly prison system is to move from public to private management is out of touch with reality.
Thanks so much for standing with me and making your voice heard on this critical issue.
-- Chris Kelly, Democratic candidate for California Attorney General |
