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    Law Enforcement Admits Jail Realignment Has Been A Game Changer

Law Enforcement Admits Jail Realignment Has Been A Game Changer

It's been a little more than 36 months since the controversial California inmate realignment took place; since that time, certain sentenced inmates are serving their time at county lock ups instead of state prisons.

The shift was in response to a flurry of lawsuits relating to poor conditions, abysmal medical care and widespread overcrowding.  Eventually, the Supreme Court intervened and ordered the state to reduce its prisoner population to no more than 137.5 percent of rated capacity.

California had two options-  let a bunch of people off early, or find a way to pass the buck.  That's where the realignment came …

By |December 20th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Law Enforcement Admits Jail Realignment Has Been A Game Changer
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Law Enforcement Feels Prop. 47 Will Harm Public Safety

The official name of Prop. 47, a ballot initiative that will be brought to voters in the November election is the "Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act";  opponents say that Prop. 47 is anything but that.

Others say voters need to educate themselves as to the true pros and cons.
The good
If the measure is passed, it will reduce a number of felony offenses to be misdemeanor crimes.  This includes receiving stolen property valued at less than $950, grand theft of $950 or less, shoplifting items less than $950 and writing a bad check or forging a check for less than $950.

People …

By |October 21st, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Law Enforcement Feels Prop. 47 Will Harm Public Safety
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CA Prisoner Realignment: The Long-Term Plan

In the wake of California's prisoner realignment program, county lockups have found themselves needing to resolve two key things.  Number one, many of these facilities are old and in dire need of replacement or upgrades.

Number two- the detention centers need to better plan for how to hot only hold more inmates, but how to handle long-term housing, health care needs of those who are serving time.
Cutting incarceration rates and building new jails
Ever since realignment was implemented, county jails have found themselves needing to house an ever-growing number of people in a very limited space; because of that, many places …

By |October 8th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on CA Prisoner Realignment: The Long-Term Plan
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OC Jails Evaluating Programs To Help Reduce Recidivism

Officials in Orange County say they will likely expand their efforts to keep former inmates from committing new crimes once they are released.

This is all part of California's efforts to cut inmate populations at both prisons and the county jails.  Inmate overcrowding has long been a problem for the Golden State, according to sources, and it's gotten to the point where the Supreme Court has found it unconstitutional.  The justices went so far as to order CA to reduce their prisoner population to no more than 137.5 percent of rated capacity.

Prisons weren't prepared to simply open the floodgates for …

By |October 2nd, 2014|Orange County Bail Bonds|Comments Off on OC Jails Evaluating Programs To Help Reduce Recidivism
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Are Jails Overcrowded Because Of Greedy Bail Bondsmen?

If bail industry opponents were to have their way they'd have everyone convinced that jail crowding could be solved by getting rid of the commercial bail bonds industry.

As they tell it, the root of the problem is that getting out of jail is too expensive for a lot of people and their inability to pay is what's causing the whole mess.

On the surface the argument seems to have a bit of merit, but when you take a minute and start to peel back all of the layers you'll quickly see the claim is false.  Jail populations aren't growing because …

By |September 18th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Are Jails Overcrowded Because Of Greedy Bail Bondsmen?
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Car Theft Blamed On Inmate Overcrowding

In Oct. 2011, California initiated its inmate realignment program, which required that certain inmates who would have once been sentenced to serve time at state run prisons be shifted to the county jails.

Since that time, local detention centers have been dealing with growing pains and many have started to burst at the seams.   The answer to this, according to sheriff's officials, has been to let certain local low-level pre-trial offenders out on their own recognizance;  sentenced inmates are often being released early.
Booked, released and rearrested a week later
36 year-old Chico transient who was arrested on car theft charges last …

By |September 4th, 2014|The Illegal & Unlawful|Comments Off on Car Theft Blamed On Inmate Overcrowding
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    Expanded Riverside County Jail Will Focus On Rehabalitation, Education

Expanded Riverside County Jail Will Focus On Rehabalitation, Education

Inside The Jails
There's been a lot of back and forth about what lies ahead for the yet-to-be-built Indio Jail.

For one, if a person is arrested and winds up being held there, their only visitation with friends and family members will be via video conferencing.

And although that's a change that's being implemented at detention centers throughout the country, what's new for this particular facility is that inmates will likely have access to all sorts of training programs.
Offsetting overcapacity
The Riverside County Jail system, like others in the state, have been dealing with growing pains brought on by inmate overcrowding.

As it stands, …

By |July 9th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Expanded Riverside County Jail Will Focus On Rehabalitation, Education
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Lake County Jail Struggles To Deal With Overcrowding

Deputies at the Lake County Jail say they're still dealing with the growing pains brought on by the state's inmate realignment program.

The problem has become so big, according to sources, that earlier this month, a sheriff's department scanner overheard a deputy saying the jail was so busy that they had to place a temporary stop to new bookings.

This posed quite the challenge, especially since law enforcement had just detained a 25 year-old suspect.  At that point, it was 8:45 a.m.   Booking logs show the man, Jamie Flores, didn't start the booking process until noon.

The jail tells a slightly different …

By |April 22nd, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Lake County Jail Struggles To Deal With Overcrowding
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Dutch Jails Say They Don’t Have Enough Inmates

Now this is a problem you don't generally hear about: especially since most jails throughout the globe are saying they're operating at overcapacity and there isn't any more room at the inn.

Dutch jails, however, say their inmate population has dwindled to the extent that there are now more guards than there are detainees.

On one hand, violent crime rates are falling, they said, but on the other, some have questioned whether jail sentences for violent offenders are a bit too light.

In the past six years, the county of more than 17 million had its inmate population drop from 15,000 to …

By |April 14th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Dutch Jails Say They Don’t Have Enough Inmates
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Profiting From Prisoners

Private prisons first made an appearance in 1984 and quickly began to grow over the next two decades.

While there are many who believe that private prison systems can reduce the cost of housing inmates for state budgets, there are others who feel that it is a corrupt system that does nothing more than work to make a profit instead of working to rehabilitate prisoners.

Back in August, we took a look at the For Profit Caging of America.

Here is another infographic look at the numbers and who profits in the private prison system in America.

By |March 4th, 2014|Infographic|Comments Off on Profiting From Prisoners
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