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CA: Prop. 9 passed, but there's no money to pay for new jailing costs

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prop. 9 passed, but there's no money to pay for new jailing costs Shasta County By Kimberly Ross Thursday, November 6, 2008 Voters passed Proposition 9 on Tuesday, which aims to give teeth to victim's rights, partly by prohibiting early releases from county jails and state prisons. But what that means for Shasta County, which releases more inmates early each year because of jail capacity restrictions, is unclear, county officials said Wednesday. Between 2003 and 2006, the jail gave early releases to about 2,000 inmates each year. Most of those early releases are unsentenced inmates charged with misdemeanors, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. They must be released because of existing state mandates not to exceed the jail's 381-bed capacity...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).