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| Merced County jail releases on the rise since realignment |
| By mercedsunstar.com- Don Thompson |
| Published: 04/27/2015 |
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The number of inmates released from early from Merced County’s two jails has increased each year since 2011 when the state implemented Assembly Bill 109, also known as the State Prison Realignment Act. The average daily inmate population has increased in Merced County each year over the same time period, according to numbers obtained by the Merced Sun-Star. Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Sullivan confirmed the population increases and subsequent early releases are a direct result of the impact of AB 109 on Merced County. “It’s a complicated subject, but the bottom line is that to reduce state prison populations, they shifted the burden to the local jail and, in our case, it caused additional early releases from the jail,” Sullivan said. Read More. |
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