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| Realignment triggers early release of thousands of inmates |
| By nctimes.com - David Downey |
| Published: 12/31/2012 |
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CALIFORNIA - Riverside County set a record in 2012. But it wasn't something anyone was standing up and cheering about. By the middle of November, the Sheriff's Department had kicked out of jail more than 6,000 inmates who hadn't finished serving sentences they had been given for their crimes. That shattered a previous mark of 6,001 early releases set in 2007. The county expected to finish 2012 sending about 7,000 prisoners home early for the year as a whole, said Chief Deputy Raymond Gregory, who oversees the correctional system. “Everybody gets out eventually, except those who are in for capital crimes," Gregory said in a telephone interview. "Our whole justice system is built on a period of punishment and rehabilitation for people who are sentenced for their crimes. When we are not able to hold them for that period, some might argue that the system is thwarted. It kind of goes against everything that we try to uphold.” Read More. |
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