NEW JAIL AND PRISON CREDIT LAWS TAKE EFFECT

February 2, 2010 -- Effective January 25, 2010, several new laws took effect which will grant additional sentence credits to jail inmates and state prisoners.

Prisoner Release 101:

the truth about inmate release under new law

Monday, February 22, 2010

7pm – 9:30pm

Joyce Beers Center in San Diego

1230 Cleveland Ave., Suite M-100

San Diego, California 92103

Free to Public

· California’s inmate population will be reduced by 6,500 this year to comply with law.

· California is under federal court order to cut the number of inmates by 40,000.

· In January San Diego County jails gave early release to about 260 inmates.

These are low-level offenders such as drug users, who need services for successful reentry.

Panel of Speakers Includes:

Craig Gilmore, California Prison Moratorium Project & Californians United for a Responsible Budget

Caroline Stewart, L.C.S.W., A New PATH

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, Drug Policy Alliance

Rev. Dennis Malone, All of Us or None & A New PATH

Judy Patterson, Second Chance STRIVE

Dennis Moore, Bethel A.M.E. Prison Ministry

And more…

Moderator: John de Miranda, Ed.M. Stepping Stone & Faces and Voices of Recovery

Please RSVP to: Gretchen Burns Bergman, Executive Director & Co-Founder A New PATH

619-670-1184 or anewpath@cox.net. Website: www.anewpathsite.org.