AB-109 Criminal justice alignment – CA Legislative Information

PUBLIC SAFETY REALIGNMENT (AB 109) – SUMMARY OF KEY PROVISIONS

AB 109 Realignment in California

17 Most Notable AB 109 Pros and Cons

The goal of AB 109 is to divert people who are convicted of felonies that are not defined as serious to local country jails. That reserves more space for those convicted of serious felonies at state prisons, such as sexually-based offenses or violent crimes. The purpose of this realignment was to reduce the issues of overcrowding that were occurring at the state prison level.

The bill took effect on October 1, 2011. Since its initial creation, AB 109 has been altered by AB 116, AB 117, and AB 118.

CA ASSEMBLY BILL 109 (AB 109) -Placer County

Overview

In April 2011, the California Legislature and Governor Brown passed Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109), which shifted responsibility for certain populations of offenders from the state to the counties. Assembly Bill 109 establishes the California Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 which allows for current non-violent, non-serious, and non-high risk sex offenders, after they are released from California State prison, to be supervised at the local County level. Instead of reporting to state parole officers, these offenders report to local county probation officers.