Articles in California – Public Safety Realignment – AB 109
Fresno jail protesters call for more rehabilitation programs
KFSN-TV Fresno, California – February 20, 2012
RESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Protestors rallied outside the Fresno County jail on Monday. They were asking county leaders to dedicate more money …
The Desert Sun News – February 19, 2012
Five months after California imposed its public safety realignment on its 58 counties, significant challenges remain.
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff Jr. says jails in 36 counties are already …
Written by Kate McGinty – The Desert Sun
The state of California has begun handing counties the responsibility of monitoring tens of thousands of parolees, but police chiefs don’t know who they are.
State privacy laws prevent …
Written by Alexander MacLean, The Union Democrat – February 17, 2012 01:29 pm
Probation and law enforcement officials say many of the supposedly “non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenders” recently transferred to California counties under the state’s …
Capitola-Soquel Patch – By Jennifer Squires
“I went to jail because I like to steal cars,” Jannette said. “I’m not saying it’s a good thing—it’s not—but that’s the only way I knew to make money.”
Jannette was …
Bay City News Service – Posted: 02/17/2012 06:16:29 AM PST
More than four months after California transferred responsibility for low-level offenders to counties, law enforcement officials in Contra Costa County are seeing far more inmates than …
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By TERI FIGUEROA North County Times – Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:30 pm
In the face of sweeping changes to the way the state houses prisoners, the American Civil Liberties Union has hired watchdogs to …
KALW News – By Nicole Jones – February 9, 2012
A new bill is on the block would allow counties to use AB 109 funds to pay for out-of-state contracts to house inmates, similar to how …
By City News Service, on February 3, 2012, at 5:52 pm – By Paul Young
Riverside County’s discretionary revenue will be lower than expected in the current fiscal year ending June 30, but nearly all county …
Napa Valley Register – by Peter Jensen – February 1, 2012
Napa County is expanding programs to reduce the jail’s inmate population at a time when the state is diverting prisoners from prisons to county facilities.
The …
KSBW Action News 8 – Monterey / Central Coast – California
SOLEDAD, Calif. — California prison officials sent layoff notices to 545 employees, including 140 guards, as the inmate population declines to comply with a federal …
By Angela Woodall – Oakland Tribune - Posted: 01/27/2012
Alameda County is weathering the double storm front of prison realignment and the dismantling of redevelopment, District 1 Supervisor Scott Haggerty told a crowd of elected officials and …
by Robert Weisberg – Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center
he concept of a sentencing commission as a mechanism for governance of a jurisdiction’s criminal justice …
The Woodland Daily Democrat – By KATHERINE JARVIS – Posted: 01/25/2012 07:42:21 AM PST
While Yolo County officials have more figures concerning prison realignment, the full effects won’t be known for at least several more months, …
Mercury News – By Tracey Kaplan – January 24, 2012
Some California Superior Court judges are calling for a major shift in Gov. Jerry Brown’s four-month-old realignment policy — the power to keep track of certain …
The Mountain Democrat – by Chris Daley – Jan 24, 2012
[Excerpt] – The Community Corrections Partnership met last week at the county government center for an update on implementation of the new laws. Greg Sly …
By Dana M. Nichols – Stockton Record Staff Writer - January 16, 2012 12:00 AM
ANGELS CAMP – Criminal justice officials in Calaveras County remain bitterly divided over how to spend about $450,000 a year in state …
The Palo Verde Times – By Marty Bachman
BLYTHE – Blythe Police Chief Steve Smith gave a report on the impact of AB 109, a bill that shifted the burden of many of the state’s prison …
Megan Hansen/Times-Standard – Posted: 01/11/2012 02:29:33 AM PST
Humboldt County supervisors got the chance Tuesday to review a plan that will govern how the county will continue to implement the state’s public safety realignment program.
Public safety …
