Through an unintended loophole in the Joint Venture Program (JVP) law, prisoners are granted an unemployment benefits package once they are released from state prison. Proposition 194, simply closes that loophole.
Opponents, including prisoner-rights activists and bureaucrats, want you to believe something different.
FALSE CLAIM
Proposition 194 would impair both public safety and the rights of victims of crime.
FACT
ABSURD: TWENTY PERCENT of the money earned by an inmate goes into a savings account which is his/her money upon release. In addition, another 20%
goes into a victim restitution fund.
FALSE CLAIM
Unemployment insurance for the JVP inmates does not cost the taxpayers one cent.
FACT
NOT TRUE: Unemployment insurance costs incurred by businesses are simply passed on to the taxpayer.
FALSE CLAIM
Prison inmates who work in the JVP should have the same chances as other working people to put those skills to work after they leave the institution.
FACT
THEY DO: Proposition 194 does absolutely NOTHING to prevent prisoners from putting their skills to work once they are released. In fact, this measure will encourage more businesses to participate in the JVP, thereby broadening the trades available to inmates.
Proposition 194 will STOP the abuse of the unemployment insurance system by undeserving state prisoners!
YES ON 194!
ROB HURTT
Senate Republican Leader
DEAN ANDAL
Member, State Board of Equalization
HOWARD KALOOGIAN
Member, California State Assembly, 74th District