The new law will not trigger the relocation of every single incarcerated parent, but it will allow them to request a transfer to a prison closest to their child’s home.
Incarcerated parents housed in more than 30 state prisons around California could be moved closer to their children, now that the “Keep Families Close” bill was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday and will take effect in January.
“All of us, whether we are Republicans or Democrats, have children in our districts who have done nothing wrong and who have been separated from their parent due to incarceration,” Democratic Assemblymember and co-author Matt HaneyAB 1226 — which had bipartisan support — will not trigger the relocation of every single incarcerated parent, but it will allow them to request transfers to a prison nearest their child’s home.
There are thousands of children in California with an incarcerated parent, but most of parents are housed in institutions more than 100 miles from home, according to the
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