INSANE: California Governor Proposes to Further Shrink State's Prison Population Because of Monster Budget Deficit

Just when you thought that the politicians who run California could not do anything dumber they astound you.

Gavin Newsom, the clearly lame-brained governor of the once great state of California is now proposing to cut the budget by shrinking the state’s prison population due to coronavirus.

Via Fox News:

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to reduce the state’s prison population to help with the state’s overburdened budget during the coronavirus pandemic.

Newsom sent a revised budget to state lawmakers this week that envisioned closing two state prisons in the coming years and eventually closing all three state-run juvenile prisons.

The Democratic governor is also seeking unspecified increases to sentencing credits that allow inmates to leave prison more quickly. And he proposes to shorten parole to a maximum of two years, down from five years for felonies, and let ex-felons earn their way off supervision in just a year, or 18 months for sex offenders.

The proposals drew support from reformers. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Executive Director Daniel Macallair hailed the long-sought shift.

“To reduce the number of people in confinement, we need to reduce the institutions of confinement,” Macallair said.

This is a really stupid idea, and one that you would expect from a Democrat.

The state has already let a huge number of offenders out. Only the worst are still incarcerated.

Will criminals in the state suddenly stop committing crimes, or are they simply going to let more criminals loose with a slap on the wrist?

I think we all know the answer to that question.

So far all we have heard from Newsom is proposed cuts to education and cutting the prison population to fill their 50+ billion dollar deficit.

Why not cut 20% of the workforce across the board before letting all of the prisoners out to savage the citizenry?

This is EXACTLY why no Democrat should ever be allowed within one hundred yards of the halls of power.

Their ideas are dangerous and stupid.