February 5, 2010
Valley legislators oppose early release, Stockton-area prison hospitals
California's leaders continue to struggle with what to do about the state's 33 overcrowded prison facilities and bulging county jails.
This week, Sacramento County authorities released hundreds of low-level inmates early in response to legislation last year designed to reduce the state's prison and jail populations. There has been no similar release of jail inmates in San Joaquin County.
On Jan. 25, a new law took effect that requires county jails to release nonviolent, misdemeanor offenders on "good behavior" after serving half their sentences.
One of the inmates released early in Sacramento County was arrested 12 hours later on an attempted-rape charge…
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