CA: Elderly parole law AB 2727 could cost taxpayers millions to keep sex offenders in prison

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Source: sjvsun.com 10/14/26

The new law raises the age threshold for elderly parole eligibility for convicted sex offenders, costing taxpayers millions more each year to keep them incarcerated longer.

 

A new law taking effect in 2027 will cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually to keep convicted sex offenders incarcerated longer.

The law is Assembly Bill 2727, which was introduced in the California Legislature this year after two convicted sex offenders over age 50 – but younger than 65 – became eligible for the state’s elderly parole. Under state law earlier this year, California inmates were eligible for elderly parole if they reached age 55 and had served at least 20 years of their sentence, or if they reached age 65 and had served at least 25 years of their sentence.

The big picture: Under the new law, inmates have to be at least 65 years old and have served at least 25 years of their sentence, making those in their 50s ineligible for elderly parole.

  • The earlier law was passed after overcrowding in California’s state prisons prompted lawmakers to find ways to let nonviolent offenders out of prison, according to the original 2017 bill that established the elderly parole program.
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  • “Protecting our children and our communities has been at the heart of this bill from day one,” said Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, the author of AB 2727.
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  • “When someone has been convicted of some of the most serious sexual offenses, especially crimes against children, we have a responsibility to make sure every safeguard is in place before they are released back into our communities,” Nguyen said in a press release sent to The Center Square.
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  • Nguyen did not respond to The Center Square’s request for further comment.

Zoom in: According to the bill analysis for AB 2727, California’s taxpayers pay $138,000 annually to incarcerate convicted prisoners in California’s prison system. Every year an older individual is incarcerated costs an additional $138,000, ultimately costing millions of dollars more to keep sexual offenders in prison for longer.

Taxpayers would pay roughly $4.13 million each year to the Department of State Hospitals to …

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For those who support it I believe the funding should come out of their pocketbooks.

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