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Change in Good Time Makes Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Eligible for Release
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2021
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2021, page 58
Filed under:
Good Time.
Location:
California.
by Matt Clarke
The California Office of Administrative Law approved emergency regulations governing prisoners’ good behavior credits making tens of thousands of prisoners eligible for credits that shorten their time behind bars by more than was previously possible, effective May 2, 2021. 63,000 California prisoners who are serving time for ...
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