Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

As a response to federal court orders that California have their prisons comply with federal constitutional standards, a bill was proposed in August in the state legislature. An analysis of the proposed prison release idea, however, shows that the prison inmates, who would benefit from an early release, would be the ill, the infirm, and the elderly. In some cases, they would also include parolees that - on paper - pose little risk for violent acting out. This is where the plan gets murky. Part of the idea is an early release clause that would permit prison inmates to serve the last year of their sentences under house arrest.