August 6, 2009
Sacramento area could see higher rate of prisoners released
A federal court order demanding that California reduce its prison population by 40,591 would hit the Sacramento region harder than most places because so many local residents are incarcerated, according to a Bee review of prison data.
Counties send criminals to state prison at dramatically different rates, state figures show. In San Francisco County, for instance, two of every 1,000 residents are in state custody; in Yuba County, it's eight of every 1,000 residents – one of the highest rates in the state.
Upon release, the state typically returns inmates to their home counties, in fact, that often is a condition of parole…
LINK - SacBee.com
