Proposition 57 Credits Advocacy

We are working with other advocates fighting against a court order that currently prohibits CDCR from applying good conduct and programming credits to advance minimum eligible parole dates for people who are serving terms of life with the possibility of parole. 

 

Our work includes:

  • Providing information and assistance to incarcerated people and their advocates about CDCR’s time credit policies and about possible ways to seek resentencing for people affected by the court order.

  • Supporting proposed legislation (Assembly Bill 622), including drafting a support letter and presenting testimony.

  • Submitting an amicus curiae brief supporting CDCR’s credit policies on appeal in CJLF v. CDCR, No. C100274. The court of appeal issued a July 28, 2025 decision affirming CDCR’s Prop. 57 authority to grant credits to people with determinate sentences but holding that Prop. 57 did not authorize CDCR to apply its credit regulations to advance minimum eligible parole dates on indeterminate sentences.

  • Submitting an amicus letter supporting CDCR’s petition for review of the court of appeal’s decision. The California Supreme Court granted the petition on October 22, 2025 and limited the issue on review to whether Prop. 57 grants CDCR authority to apply its credit regulations to advance minimum eligible parole dates. CJLF v. CDCR, S292887.

 

For more information about the lawsuit, see: