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| Agency: Prison realignment law undermines role of judges |
| By .ktvu.com |
| Published: 05/31/2013 |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Overcrowding in many county jails is forcing local sheriffs to assume the role traditionally held by judges in deciding who should make bail and how long convicts should serve behind bars, a state oversight agency said Thursday. The problem is aggravated by a two-year-old state law that is sending thousands of lower-level convicts to county jails instead of state prisons, the Little Hoover Commission said in an eight-page letter to the governor and legislative leaders. Read More. |
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