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CA Prisoner Realignment Increases Jail Populations

 

California lawmakers have touted the success of the state's prisoner realignment program, saying that one year later they have successfully reduced the number of inmates being detained in state prisons. The program has worked so well, they said, that the Department of Corrections has said numbers are at their lowest point in 17 years.

Implemented as AB109, the mandate was simple. Non serious non violent and non sexual offenders were to be transferred to county jails to serve out the remainder of their sentences.  This would ensure that the state prison system was only housing individuals who committed the most …

By |January 26th, 2013|News|Comments Off on CA Prisoner Realignment Increases Jail Populations
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San Bernardino Jail Expansion Largest In CA

The expansion of a San Bernardino County jail which will add  nearly 1,400 beds is, at current,  the largest project of kind in the state.  Construction at the Adelanto jail first began in Dec. 2010 after a four-year approval process.  Construction was spurred after the passage of Assembly Bill 900 (AB900).  AB900 was implemented in Oct. 2011 and mandated state prisons reduce their populations by transferring low level, non serious non sexual offenders from state prisons to county jails. Funds for the expansion were provided in part by a state grant.

The Adelanto jail is a Type II detention facility which houses …

By |November 26th, 2012|News|Comments Off on San Bernardino Jail Expansion Largest In CA
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Inside Santa Barbara County Jails

The Santa Barbara County jail system consists of the Main Jail, the Santa Maria Substation and the Medium Security Facility (formerly known as the "Honor Farm").
SANTA BARBARA JAIL OPERATONS
When an inmate is brought in to any Santa Barbara facility, he or she is searched, checked medically, put in a holding cell while going through the booking process and then given a wristband that contains their personal information.

A special unit of trained personnel interviews and places inmates in general population or protective custody along with classifying them for housing.  Behavior, membership in a particular gang and the crime committed all factor …

By |February 23rd, 2010|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Inside Santa Barbara County Jails
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