Month: April 2012
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Counties Wasting Millions When They Could Get Better, Safer Services For Free
As counties across California are struggling with jail overcrowding and budget overruns as a result of Public Safety Realignment, some are still spending millions of tax dollars on less-than-effective PreTrial Service programs that release defendants on their “own recognizance” (OR), based simply on a promise that the defendant will return to court to stand trial. In fact, one criminal…