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CA: Editorial calls for much expanded county jail system

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"But that promising approach will only work if counties have the means to handle the new responsibilities -- which is not the case now. County jails will need far more beds to house the 38,000 inmates the state projects will shift to county control by 2014-15." Jail-shift promise January 29, 2011 The Press-Enterprise The governor's proposal to shift low-level felons and parolees to local oversight could cut corrections costs and reduce repeat offenses. But the Legislature first needs to make sure counties have the manpower and resources to handle this new responsibility, or a sensible idea will instead bring a public safety disaster. Gov. Jerry Brown wants to shift responsibility for low-risk felons from state prisons to county jails. He also proposes that counties take over supervision of parolees and parole violators...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).