May 9, 2008
California picks 12 counties to share $750 million in jail funds
Twelve California counties, including Yolo, are in line to receive a combined $750 million in jail construction funds under recommendations released Thursday by the state Corrections Standards Authority.
To qualify for the jail money authorized by lawmakers last year, the counties had to agree to site new "re-entry" prisons designed to improve rehabilitation programs and smooth short-term inmates' transition home.
The legislation, Assembly Bill 900, contained the jail money to stanch the early releases of tens of thousands of offenders every year from the overcrowded county systems, many of which are operating under court-ordered prisoner population caps…
LINK - SacBee.com (The Sacramento Bee)
