We get asked by our peers, on a daily basis, “What does all this overcrowding business mean to me? How much shorter will my time be?”. And the answer truly is, I sincerely wish that we knew what to tell them. Because they want to hear something!
But we don’t know, no one does, or can. Because although the whole scenario is picking up momentum at a dizzying pace now, there are still so many variables left to play out.
Will the politicians in our cash-strapped state do the expedient and humane thing and allow the feds to crack the gates just a bit and empty out a few bunks of those who fit the criteria of being low risk for early release? Only those politicians in our governor’s inner circle could really say, and obviously, for political reasons, they’re not saying.
Will the state continue to play hardball with the panel of judges and force the case to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court? And what would the conservative judges on the Supreme Court rule? It’s just too early to call.
There will be early releases of some sort to some extent, and the best guess at this point is that we here at S.Q. will see some sort of movement toward the exits in late summer or early fall. That is a pretty safe bet at this point.
We at the SQ News recognize our responsibility to you, our readers, to follow this story as closely as anyone can, and to report to you what we see as promptly as we are able, and in a responsible manner.
As witnessed by the depth of our feature story on overcrowding in this edition of our paper, we are on top of the story for you, our readers. And we will continue to keep you abreast of late breaking events, as well as how they will affect us, and when. Thank-you for your trust in us, and we will continue to do our best for you.
