Los Angeles, CA. In an eight minute Full Disclosure Network® video news blog, President Steve Ipsen of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys accuses California politicians of deliberately sabotaging the California Prison system thus setting the stage for a massive prison release program now underway. Ipsen tells FDN host Leslie Dutton how criminals who are sentenced to prison are now being released after serving only half, or less, of their sentences due to California politics. He says elected officials, who oppose the Three Strikes law, have for the past ten years, blocked building new prisons, causing massive overcrowding and early releases. The video is available FREE for viewing 24/7, on demand as a public service at the URL.
Steve Ipsen, is a 20 year career gang and homicide prosecutor who is currently with the L. A. County District Attorney's office is a frequent spokesman on behalf of the Three Strikes Law. Here are a few of his quotes from the video news blog.
- "The reason you have a huge spike in gang crimes is because it's Christmastime in L.A."
- "L. A. Sheriff Baca is fighting for funding to lock up criminals for their full sentence}
- "Judges sentence criminals to a year in county jail.. and the Sheriff has no space"
- "Criminals get a 50 percent discount on every prison sentence"
- "Criminals are laughing at the system"
- "We spend billions of dollars for police to arrest, prosecutors to prosecute, judges to judge and we build marble court houses and then have no where to house (the criminals)"
According to Steve Ipsen, the political strategy to undermine the Three Strikes Law started ten years ago, when elected officials decided "We're not going to build more prisons because we don't like the three strikes law, we're going to let overcrowding occur and then some poor governor down the line-who happens to be Governor Schwarzenegger-has Federal judges staring down his.saying 'you better do something or we're going to release 'em' and we've got a governor here who's been sabotaged by a plan orchestrated ten years go-where were the plans to build more prisons?"
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John roseville
Posted: 06:48 pm [PST] on June 15 2010
first of all there are many who are locked up for non vilant crimes, we should have some drugs legal, prostitution legal. this alone will make a big chang. I know for I work in Folson st prison here in CA.
joebanana so. cal.
Posted: 08:33 am [PST] on February 28 2010
What's wrong with this guy? We don't need more jails, we need sane laws. The ones laughing at the system is the judges, for getting away with stealing public funds, for over ten years, then the legislature gives them $10,000/yr. more, these are the ones that belong in jail. And the 3 strikes law has been so abused by people like Ipsen, that know it's meant for violent offenders, not petty criminals. Also, he has a lot of nerve, when the system he works for is so corrupt, yet continues to operate unchecked, inflicting more harm on the people of Calif. than any criminal has. It's become a well known fact that the judges are biased toward the county, it's documented, and it's a way more serious crime than "possession of pot". The real criminals, wear black robes, and get paid way too much money, to screw the people.
RICK LANCASTER, CA
Posted: 01:58 pm [PST] on November 18 2009
tHE IMPRISONABLE OFFENSES IS REDICULOUS FOR STARTS. TAKE PEDIFILES, RAPIST, MAME AND MURDER,ROBERY WHEN ARMED ,ASSAULT, MAYHAM ECT AND BURN THE COCK SUCKERS THEN LET THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HARMED OR TRYED TO PHYSICALLY HARM ANOTHER AND AS PUNISHMENT MAKE THEM DO COMMUNITY TIME AS A USEFUL PART OF OUR SOCIETY. tHE POLLITIONS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE LAW MAKERS NEED TO BE DRAWEN AND QUARTERED AND LET THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS COUNRTY WITH THERE TOIL RUN THINGS . pOLITICIANS, jUDGES, LOCAL GOVERMENT ARE SO FUCKED UP AND DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU AND i . sTOP THINKINBG THEY ARE. BUT PRISONS ARE THE BIGGESWT LEECHES ON THE NECK OF SOCIETY. AS GEORGE LOPEZ PUTS IT FUCK THOSE PUTOS
righteous sac-town
Posted: 05:51 am [PST] on October 19 2009
it seems ipsen only once to build more prisons than to reform,and change the norm...it doesnt work,we need jobs education and motherfuckaz who truelly cares about people and there well being...
TRILLOGY MODESTO,CA
Posted: 06:08 am [PST] on October 12 2009
THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM TRUELLY ISNT MORE PRISONS,ITS MORE LIKE CHANGE,EXPLORE MORE SERIOUS OPTIONS OF REAL LIFE TRAINING FOR REAL LIFE JOBS OPEN THE EDUCATION FLOOR AND INCENTIVIZE THOSE INMATES WHO REALLY WANT A CHANGE FROM GANGS AND CRIMES AND THOSE WHO DO NOT ANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPURTUNITY OF FURTHER ADVANCEMENT,THAN APPLY THE LAWS WHERE NECCESSARY
Miguel Barraza Sacramento
Posted: 10:01 am [PST] on August 24 2009
No Fresh&Easy, will have to settle for a Pinta;prison
Fred Sottile Rancho dominguez
Posted: 07:27 pm [PST] on August 23 2009
And then there is the war on fathers. Men, locked up because a judge imputed an income that was imposible for the man to earn and then putting him in jail for not earning it. Then there's the FALSE domestic violence charges or child molestation charges that the feminists love so much. Nothing puts a whole new twist on a money hungry woman's divorce case like a few false charges and a judge paid by Title IV-D to legitimize them. Gender bias has put so many good men in jail as a result of sadistic greedy feminists, and corrupt judges on the take, that it is no wonder the jails are full. There are people in jail who are not even criminals.
got justice? orange county
Posted: 06:19 pm [PST] on August 23 2009
This is why the Judge gave Attorney Fine an indefinite incarceration. The judge knew the maximum sentence allowed for civil contempt under state and federal law is 6-months. But the judge also knew that the sheriff would have to apply jail credits if Fine was sentenced to a time specific sentence. The judge manipulated the legal system so that the Sheriff couldn't apply "jail credits" like he must do for all other prisoners.
victoria warrior Los Angeles
Posted: 06:22 pm [PST] on August 23 2009
One more thing... Let's take out the non violent inmates and replace them with BAR members.
victoria warrior Los Angeles
Posted: 06:18 pm [PST] on August 23 2009
They should release all the tax evaders. They broke no real laws and have harmed no one. I would be okay with that.