January 29, 2011
Local govt officials oppose shifting paroles, inmates to counties
Local officials are railing against Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to cut the state's budget by having counties keep tabs on local parolees and start imprisoning nonviolent inmates like burglars and drug users.
"That is a formula for chaos and victimization," said Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber.
This month, Brown released a budget plan that includes $12.5 billion of spending cuts. The proposal shifts funds and divvies up state responsibilities among local governments. As part of the cost-saving plan, California's 58 counties would begin incarcerating nonviolent inmates who are sentenced to prison for fewer than three years...
LINK - Redding.com
