Shekaru goma sha hudu sun isa. Lokaci ya yi da za a soke dokar yajin aiki uku na California, wanda 'yan majalisa da masu jefa kuri'a suka zartar a kan kallon tsohon GOP Gov. Pete Wilson a 1994.
Daular Inland (Lardin San Bernardino da yammacin Riverside) hedkwatar Families United for Prison Reform, wanda Annie Smith ita ce babban darektan. Ita da ɗimbin masu aikin sa kai a duk faɗin jihar suna neman su canza yanayin siyasar ci gaban kurkukun California. Don haka, aikinsu shi ne tattara sa hannun masu jefa ƙuri'a 434,000 da aka tabbatar a ranar 25 ga watan Fabrairu don sanya matakin sake fasalin hukuncin daurin rai da rai a kan babban zaɓe na watan Nuwamba na 2008.
Wannan ma'aunin yana da manyan sassa biyu. Na farko zai dawo da dokar yajin aiki guda uku, wanda ke buƙatar yanke hukunci mai tsawo (shekaru 25 zuwa rai) ga mutanen da suka aikata laifuffuka na maimaitawa, masu tsanani ko na tashin hankali. Sashi na biyu na shawarwarin sake fasalin hukuncin da yanke hukunci zai ba da damar sake yanke hukunci ga fursunonin da aka samu da laifi a karkashin yajin aiki uku.
Akwai fursunonin California 8,212 da aka yanke wa hukunci a karkashin dokar yajin aiki guda uku a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 2007 tare da masu yajin aiki na uku 7,945 a shekara guda da ta gabata, karuwar kashi 3.3. Ma'aikatar Gyara da Gyara ta California, wacce a yanzu take rike da fursunoni 173,000 (yawan karfin ƙira sau biyu), tana da kasafin kuɗi na dala biliyan 8.75 na shekara ta kasafin kuɗi na yanzu, ko kashi 8.5 na kashe kuɗi na jihohi. A cewar Ofishin Analyst na Majalissar Dokoki na California wanda ba na jam'iyya ba, shawarar yanke hukunci da sake fasalin shari'a zai rage irin wannan kashewa "mai yiwuwa dala miliyan dari da farko, yana ƙaruwa zuwa ƙananan biliyoyin daloli a kowace shekara, da farko saboda rage farashin ayyukan gidan yari."
A wani bayanin da ke da alaƙa, California na fuskantar gibin kasafin kuɗi na dala biliyan 14 na watanni 18 masu zuwa. Don haka, lissafin cunkoson gidajen yari a halin yanzu abu ne mai sauki, in ji masu ra’ayin matakin. Yanke adadin fursunonin zai rage adadin gidajen yari na jihohi.
Wannan matakin zai kuma rage gibin jihar ta hanyar rage buƙatar ƙara haraji don ƙarin kudaden shiga da/ko rage ayyukan ɗan adam. Ya kamata a lura cewa Schwarzenegger yana adawa da karuwar haraji. Don haka a gare shi da Majalisar Dokoki, rage kasafin CDCR ya zama abin "masu ra'ayin mazan jiya" na kasafin kudi. Amma akwai sassa masu motsi da yawa a cikin wannan labarin.
Wani sashi shine Ƙungiyar Jami'an Zaman Lafiya ta California. Shugabancinta bai ji dadin shirin da gwamna ya yi na sakin fursunoni da wuri ba. Shawarwarinsa na rage kashe kudade na jihohi ta wannan hanya kuma za ta lalata ayyukan dubunnan jami’ai, kamar yadda jaridar The Sacramento Bee ta ruwaito kwanan nan.
Babu shakka masu gyara gidan yari sun zuba ido kan wannan ci gaban kasafin kudi. Ƙungiyar Smith za ta buƙaci ƙirƙira dabarun siyasa don magance "ruwan 'ya'yan itace" na siyasa na CCPOA mai mambobi 31,000, yayin da matsayinta da kundinsa ke fuskantar yiwuwar rashin aikin yi don mayar da martani ga faduwar yawan fursunoni.
A takaice dai, yanayin siyasar da ke faruwa dangane da rikicin kasafin kudi na jihar ya ba da sabon haske kan ma'auni na masu fafutukar kare hakkin bil-Adama na yajin aiki guda uku, wadanda ke da da'awar kyawawan dabi'u a kan hakki na jama'a na zaman lafiya da tsaro. A kan wannan tawada jan tawada yana gudana don kasafin kuɗi na California da biranenta da gundumominta a wani ɓangare saboda faduwar kasuwar gidaje da kuma haifar da faɗuwar dukiya da harajin tallace-tallace. Ƙungiyar Annie Smith tana iyo a cikin waɗannan ruwayen tashin hankali na kasafin kuɗi.
Amma Families United for Prison sake fasalin ba ya tsaya shi kaɗai a cikin rashin amincewarsa tare da ra'ayin cewa sake fasalin yanke hukunci ra'ayi ne wanda lokaci ya yi a yau. Ɗauki sabon bincike na Cibiyar JFA, wanda ya ce masu tsara manufofi ba su sa jama'a su kasance cikin aminci ta hanyar kulle masu laifi na tsawon lokaci ba. "Dokar "Dokar "Thu Uku" ta California tana da kimantawa da yawa; kusan dukkanin sun gano cewa ta kasa rage yawan laifuka," a cewar JFA. Binciken, Unlocking America: Me ya sa da yadda za a rage yawan jama'ar kurkukun Amurka, ya fito a ƙarshen Nuwamba.
Idan raguwar laifuffuka ba shine sakamakon dokar yajin aiki uku ba, to manufofin jama'a game da rigakafin keta doka na buƙatar sake tunani. Samar da dalar jama'a don rigakafin aikata laifuka zai zama canjin teku daga manufofin yanzu waɗanda ke mai da hankali kan laser-kamar dannewa da ɗaurin kurkuku. Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi: Families United for Prison Reform a www.californiaprisonreform.org da (951) 210-9149.
Seth Sandronsky yana rayuwa kuma ya rubuta a cikin Sacramento.