Early Release for Sonoma County Jail Inmates
April 10, 2010In order to save the state budget, non-violent offenders have been allowed early release credits for their time served and are now being released. The new state law has allowed almost seven times more inmates, than were originally estimated, to be released from a Sonoma County Jail.
Assistant Sheriff Linday Suvoy stated that inmates have benefited from the new law which has given them time credits for their good behavior. These inmates can now each earn a days credit for every day served. In recent times, they only received two days for every six days served. This new law only applies to non-violent offenders and not those serving time for more serious crimes like assault, attempted murder, etc.
County officials determined that 222 inmates who benefited from the good behavior credits and released were named as having committed crimes such as driving on a suspended license, DUI, disorderly conduct or committing check fraud.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:38 am
This kind of stuff wouldn’t bother me as a bail agent, but it appears that this type of early release program is going to lead to more controversial releases later for more violent offenders. Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I kind of know how government bureaucracies work.