AB 109

B R E S L I M I C K & S A RA H W O N G K I N G

AB 109REALLIGNMENT

PROBLEM ?

CA PRISON HISTORY

OVER CAPACITY

AB 109

• Result of Supreme Court May 2011 Order

• to cut 10,000 inmates from the prison by November

• To cut 33,000 inmates from prison within two years

WHAT DID THE BILL SAY?

County Jails

Low-level offenders

State Prisons

A YEAR LATER…

2006 2009 20120

50000

100000

150000

200000

Number of Individuals in CA State Prisons

# o

f Pri

sone

rs

WHAT DID THE BILL DO?

CRITICAL RESISTANCE

• http://www.visionsofabolition.org/trailer.html

DISCUSSIONS

•What level of prevention does AB 109 address?

•What would it take to go upstream and address this issue from a primary prevention lens? In policy?

WHAT DO WE DO?

•We do the best we can and fight

on!