July 12, 2008
Opinion: “Re-entry facility will improve Yolo’s public safety”
Public Safety is one of the most important responsibilities of government. No question. No debate. So what are we doing to ensure public safety in Yolo County?
Our jail is literally bursting at the seams. Within three years of its opening in 1983, the courts ordered a limit on the number of prisoners our jail could hold no matter how many people get arrested each day, or convicted of crimes requiring jail terms. What does that mean?
It means we can not hold all of the people that are arrested and convicted today - not in the future - today. We simply do not have enough cells to incarcerate everyone…
LINK - DailyDemocrat.com
