November 29, 2011
Alameda County finalizes prison realignment plan details
Alameda County has finalized details for dealing with hundreds of felons the probation department will inherit from the state as a result of the controversial realignment program that kicked in Oct. 1.
The plan approved by Alameda County supervisors Nov. 22 also provides details for how to divide the $9.2 million the state provided to help pay for supervising 848 felons expected to be incorporated into the county system over the next three years. They are inmates who have been released from state prison to community supervision, those who previously would have been sent to state prison for nonviolent felonies and parole violators...
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
