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    Monterey County Sheriff Talks About Recent Inmate Deaths, Jail Safety

Monterey County Sheriff Talks About Recent Inmate Deaths, Jail Safety

Attorneys allege the jail is at fault for not providing timely medical care
Two Monterey County Jail inmates died earlier this month after not receiving prompt medical attention for what's been described as flu-like symptoms.

David Stevens, 58, was reportedly taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to the illness within the week.   The family attorney said Stevens told him he'd filled out several slips requesting to see a jail doctor.

Two weeks later, 33 year-old Jacob Parenti also died after not receiving prompt treatment.  His sister said his condition had gotten so bad that he'd started to cough up …

By |February 2nd, 2014|National|Comments Off on Monterey County Sheriff Talks About Recent Inmate Deaths, Jail Safety
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Green Light Given To Monterey County Jail Construction

The Monterey County Jail has spent the past six years trying to get an expansion project approved.   The county has finally given the nearly $89 million project the final green light.

The jail said the extra bed space has been long needed, and that overcrowded conditions have been worsened since the state implemented its prisoner realignment program in 2011.   The county public works department has said the expansion will be the largest project the department has managed in quite some time.

Most of the project will be funded through state grant funding.  This is due in part to legislation that was …

By |November 29th, 2013|News|Comments Off on Green Light Given To Monterey County Jail Construction
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Monterey County Seeks Turned-Down San Joaquin Jail Funds

San Joaquin officials recently turned down state grant funds that would have enabled the county to construct a larger San Joaquin County Jail.  Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller said they will ask elected officials for a portion of the now-unused $80 million.

If those monies are approved, Monterey jails will be able to add an estimated 600 beds to their already crowded facility.

San Joaquin was on schedule to receive the money so they could add 1,280 beds to the Stockton jail.  That facility has been overcrowded for years, a spokesperson said, and the county has been ordered to cap its …

By |July 15th, 2013|San Joaquin County|Comments Off on Monterey County Seeks Turned-Down San Joaquin Jail Funds
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Santa Rita Jail May Still Receive Monterey County Inmates

A proposal that would allow upward of 60 inmates to be transferred from Monterey County to the Santa Rita Jail is still being considered. The matter is scheduled to be discussed by the county board of supervisors later this week.   Monterey County detention officers say they are hopeful the measure will pass.  It will help alleviate some of the overcrowding within their facilities.

A spokesperson for the jail said they have a rated capacity of 824.  As of February 1, they are holding more than 1,150 inmates.  The county's public defender office has since filed a lawsuit.  They have alleged …

By |June 3rd, 2013|Alameda Bail Bonds|Comments Off on Santa Rita Jail May Still Receive Monterey County Inmates
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Santa Rita Jail Will Receive Monterey County Realignment Inmates

A spokesperson for the Santa Rita Jail has confirmed that they will soon begin to house inmates from Monterey County.

The motion was approved by the Monterey County board of supervisors.  The $2.5 million contract will allow up to 80 detainees to be transferred to the Dublin facility.  The agreement is scheduled to expire in June of next year.  The ACLU has said they are angered that community meetings were not held prior to this decision being made.

The supervisors said the contract will be funded through state realignment money.   California legislators have granted large sums of money to county jails …

By |May 24th, 2013|Alameda Bail Bonds|Comments Off on Santa Rita Jail Will Receive Monterey County Realignment Inmates
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