Tag: AB 109

  • Tweet City Heights: Fast-Filling Jails and a Tax-Initiative Smorgasbord

    By Megan Burks State Could Miss Realignment Deadline Despite Fast-Filling County Jails KPBS reported this week county jails are filling up faster than expected under AB 109 and could reach capacity by October. A planned jail expansion won’t be completed for another two years, so the Sheriff hopes to rely on alternative custody programs such…

  • San Diego Tackles Prisoner Recidivism

    San Diego is one of a few California counties that plan to avoid building more jails by keeping offenders from ending up back behind bars. That’s a tough assignment when jobs are scarce and many in this population have nowhere to live. By Nicholas McVicker and Alison St John Frederick Recupido, 35, recently arrived in…

  • Community Braces for Prison Realignment

    The Public Safety Realignment Act will transfer responsibility for 2,000 parolees to the County Probation Department. It will also keep some new offenders from going to state prison, placing them in county jail or under house arrest instead. Residents worry the shift will impact the safety of their streets. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media…