Keep Bailing

FRESNO , CA — On Friday, 34 inmates were released from the Fresno County Jail. This comes only one day after Fresno’s Sheriff Margaret Mims won a lawsuit against Fresno County Supervisors. Sheriff Mims sued, claiming her constitutional rights had been violated by the County Supervisors. She claimed that by rescinding layoff notices they had violated her statutory authority. A Federal Judge ruled in her favor, claiming she had legal authority to continue.

Sheriff Mims, who has been the focus of controversy, claims the lay-offs, releasing inmates early and the closure of jail floors was a necessary move on her part. All of these things were done in order to close the nearly $4 million dollar budget deficit.