AB109 offers significant state prison reform

AB109 is the unas­sum­ing name for the sin­gle most sig­nif­i­cant reform in a cen­tury to California’s prison sys­tem and the state’s approach to crim­i­nal jus­tice. Begin­ning Oct. 1, any­one con­victed of non­vi­o­lent, non­sex­ual and/or non-serious crim­i­nal offense…