About 200 inmates to be released early to Kern County

About 200 inmates to be released early to Kern County

THESE ARE NOT INMATES THAT ARECURRENTLY SERVING TIME FORVIOLENT CRIMES..

HOWEVER ZIMMERLOOKED INTO SOME OF THE PREVIOUSCRIMES THEY'VECOMMITTED,, AND SHE SAYS IT'SCONCERNING FOR THE COMMUNITY...SOT: DA CYNTHIA ZIMMER"I TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSETHAT ARE GOING TO BE RELEASEDBACK TO KERN COUNTY AND WHAT ISAW WAS PRETTYCONSISTANT.

THEY HAD LONGVIOLENT RECORDS.

EXFELON WITH A GUN, WITH STRIKEPRIORS, EX GANG MEMBER WITH AGUN WITH STRIKE PRIORS, CARTHIEVES WHO HAVE MANY CARTHEFTS, WITH STRIKE PRIORS.KERN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYCYNTHIA ZIMMER...SAYS A MINIMUM OF 200 INMATESSERVING TIME IN CALIFORNIAPRISONS WILL BE RELEASED EARLYTO KERN COUNTY..

WHERE THEMAJORITY OF THEM USED TO RESIDE.ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIADEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSAND REHABILITATION -- ABOUT8,000 INMATESSTATEWIDE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOREARLY RELEASE BY THE END OFAUGUST IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THESPREADING OF COVID-19 ....INMATES WHO ARE CURRENTLYSERVING FOR A NON- VIOLENTCRIME ARE ELIGIBLE -- THOSE WITH6 MONTHS LEFT ON THEIRSENTENCE WILL BE CONSIDEREDFIRST.

SAM LEWIS, THE EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR FOR THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COORELATION SAYS IT'SA MOVE THAT WILLPROVIDE MORE SAFETY TO INMATESAND PRISON STAFF.LEWIS: "THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEPEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLYIN CUSTODY, AS WELL AS THE STAFFTHAT ARE WORKING INSIDETHESE FACILIES, BECAUSE THERE ISNO WAY TO SOCIALLYDISNTANCE INSIDE THESEFACILTIIES.BUT ZIMMER SAYS THE EARLYRELEASE WILL CREATE A PUBLICSAFETY CONCERN FOR COMMUNITIESACROSS THE STATE.ZIMMER SOT:"THE MAJORITY OF THESE INMATESHAVE STRIKE PRIORS.

WHAT IS ASTRIKE PRIOR.

AN ATTEMPTEDMURDER A ROBBERY A RESIDENTIALBURGLARLY.

THESE TYPES OF VERYVIOLENTCRIMS. THESE ARE THE TYPE OFINMATES THAT ARE GOING TO BERELEASED BACK INTO SOCIETY.KERN COUNTY SHERIFF DONNYYOUNGBLOOD SAYS HE EXPECTSTHE MAJORITY OF THESE INMATES TOREOFFEND."THE LIKLYHOOD OF THEMREOFFENDING IS REALLY IN THE 90PERCENT RANGE AT LEAST BECAUSETHEY HAVEREOFFENDED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.THAT'S HOW THEY GOT TOPRISON IN THE FIRST PLACE.BAKERSFIELD POLICE ARE ALSOAWARE OF THE SITUATION... "WE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR ANDTAKE ENFORCEMENTACTION IF NEEDED."THE TIME FRAME FOR WHEN THESEINMATES WILL COME TO KERNCOUNTY HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED,NOR HAS IT BEEN SAID WHICHPRISONS THEY WILL BE RELEASEDFROM.

HOWEVER THE DISTRICTATTORNEY SAYS SHE EXPECTS THEMTO ARRIVE PORPORTIONATEL YWITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKSAND MONTHS.LIVE IN DOWNTOWN -- BAYAN WANGCOVID-19 HAS CHANGED THE WAYSERVICES ARE OFFERED TO