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| At-home inmates ordered to jail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/01/2004 |
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Thirty-one inmates in a Duval County (Fla.) jail program that allowed them to serve their sentences at home are being ordered to jail after city lawyers determined the program violates state law. A 1984 county ordinace gave the Sheriff's Office authority to place nonviolent offenders on home detention with daytime work furloughs. In a letter to County Sheriff John Rutherford, the Jacksonville General Counsel's Office said the ordinance conflicts with state law because only a judge can decide who qualifies for home detention. |
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