February 9, 2010
Gov’s early inmate release plan causing trouble in Orange County
Orange County Sheriff officials are continuing to release jail inmates early under a new law even while lawmakers and law enforcement officials around the state scramble to block or modify the law.
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento have called for repealing and modifying parts of the law – including an assemblyman who helped author the law.Meanwhile, the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association filed a lawsuit trying to get a state order to block the early release of inmates in county jails.
In Orange County, officials were among nearly 20 counties in the state that decided to apply the law retroactively, releasing the first inmates the same day the law went into effect. About the same number of counties have decided that the law does not apply retroactively. Others are assessing the law's impact…
LINK - OCRegister.com
