November 15, 2011
State plan to revamp correctional system nets more inmates at local facilities than orig thought
Twice as many inmates as projected arrived at Orange County jails during the first month of an ambitious overhaul of the state's correctional system that has county governments taking on new responsibilities for confining and monitoring convicts.
The boost raises concerns that empty bed space could be quickly filled and valuable contracts with federal officials placed in jeopardy.
Faced with a court mandate to ease crowding in the California prison system, state officials instituted a plan — "inmate realignment" — calling for county law-enforcement agencies to house more nonviolent, non-sex-offender inmates in local jails...
LINK - CorrectionsOne.com
