Brown’s prison plan doesn’t consider overcrowded county jails
By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to transfer state inmates to county jails faces a simple obstacle: Many jails don’t have the space to hold them.
Just as the state has struggled with prison overcrowding, some counties have had their own problems keeping inmates locked up. Statewide, tens of thousands of inmates are released early from county jails each year because of space constraints.
Jail crowding was on the minds of many sheriffs when Brown announced in his budget proposal last week his plan to give them responsibility for more than 40,000 lower-level offenders and parole violators.
“We don’t have the space,” said Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, who once ran the county’s two jails. “The Main Jail is full or over-full every day.”
If Brown’s plan is approved, Jones and other sheriffs say, they would have to release inmates early to make room for state prisoners.
Administration officials say they are still working on the plan and hope to come up with ways of helping counties with limited jail space. One option would be through AB 900, which authorized $7.4 billion in bonds for jail construction and rehabilitation projects four years ago.
Jails in 20 counties – including Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado – are under court orders to release inmates when they become too crowded. Jails in the four counties often operate at or near capacity.
If they let all the Innocent go after bogus conviction there be plenty room.
There’s a good chance that a-lot inmates are not guilty ,drugs and domestic violence are probably the burden on the system,plus old age, nowhere to go but detention for a better life.
Two things, society ,law courts, will never solve but can’t seem to understand other countries have put dents in their once same old problems with treatment ,good commutation,without bars,probation,parole.
They(feds,state,local) don’t want change the structures because they make too much money off these who can’t afford good attorneys.
The lock you up game, is expensive ,time consuming, charge you for every dime they can come up with, but still leave you to starve because Frankly they don’t care.
They will order you to pay for some kind class that shows you what they themselves can’t live by either.
You’re a number and it’s their job,Welcome to America.
They want build more because it’s a good thing to do(more laws, the more we the population breaks them) more $ash,what a idea ..
They could also save big bucks to empty out death row, fill them back up with real criminal’s currently roaming the streets,juice them again because the law is always right,there’s plenty out their waiting for their number to come up.
Even you or someone you know could be next…Time never forgets a second, fines don’t either.Plus % if you’re late.
FREEDOM NOT CHEAP..
THERE IS NO FREEDOM ,JUSTICE FOR ALL,IT’S A IDEA WE LIVE UNDER BUT PAY DEARLY FOR!
CAN I SEE A CURRENT ID,YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, ANYTHING YOU SAY MAY BE USED AGANIST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW..REMEMBER THAT.