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Prison Realignment Linked To Increase In Crime
By sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com- Ann Notarangelo
Published: 06/17/2014

CONCORD (KPIX 5) — An East Bay police chief says he believes there is a connection between California’s prison realignment policy and an increase in crime in his city.

The prison realignment policy by the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation allows overcrowded state prisons to transfer lower-level criminals to county jails – where local sheriff can decide how much longer to hold them.

Repeat offenders usually serve shorter sentences in county jails instead of prison.

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