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| Monterey County gears up for 300 new inmates |
| By montereyherald.com - JULIE REYNOLDS |
| Published: 09/22/2011 |
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As Monterey County prepares for the Oct. 1 kickoff date for state prisoner realignment, the impact is already being felt from the courts to the county jail. The county is expected to receive $3.8million to help defray the cost of keeping an additional 300 "low-level" offenders in county custody over the next nine months — people who previously might have been sent to state prisons. An additional $421,000 in one-time funds will be available for planning and training, plus other money for the county's courts. County Probation Chief Manuel Real said he and other officials are calculating that around 25 prison inmates will come under the Probation Department's authority in October. He stressed that these are inmates who were scheduled to come back to the county next month anyway. "They would have been released on parole. They are not shifting folks from prison to the county, or releasing people early," Real said. Instead of reporting to state parole agents, the offenders will report to county parole officers. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has already sent Monterey County more than 40 "packets" for prisoners to be placed on what is now called Post-Release Community Supervision, Real said. However, the county is not obligated to accept them all. Read More. |
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