September 28, 2011
News account of Matt Cate’s teleconference from yesterday on realignment
State and local corrections officials are trying to calm any fears before California’s controversial “realignment” program starts on Saturday. That’s when oversight of non-violent criminals will shift from the state to the counties. Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate said he wants to make it clear how the program will start.
“Nobody gets transferred from a prison to a jail on October first," explained Cate. "Instead people who are newly convicted after that date or who have parole violations after that date will go to a county jail, if they’re a lower level offender instead of a state prison.”...
LINK - KPBS.org
