Who Is Taking Up Space In Jail?
There's been some recent discussion over at the Lost Coast Outpost regarding prison realignment and the release of recently arrested suspects from the county jail. The concern being that those released are then free to go back to the street and continue criminal activity.
One commentator suggested, as many of us have at one time or another, that if we just ended the drug war we should have plenty of space. I'm wondering how true that is? I suggested those in jail for "victimless crimes" might be already being released to make room for those deemed more a danger to society.
If that's true, that might make the ending the drug war= more jail space argument moot since our jail seems to still be full. This recent posting on the LCO got me to thinking about that, keeping in mind the suspect has only been arrested and not convicted of a crime. The guy gets arrested in possession of a stolen car and is booked and immediately released from jail.
I'm wondering what the composition of inmates in the jail was when this guy was booked in? Were there any drug or prostitution suspects being held while a suspected auto thief was released? It might make for some interesting reading to see who is being kept in the jail, who is released and the powers- that- be's thinking as to who stays and who goes.
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Overcrowding in the jail really isn't something new. Seems to me it's happened off and on for decades. I recall one case from back during Terry Farmer's tenure as district attorney.There was a repeat car thief in the area that kept getting arrested. He'd get caught, taken to jail, then immediately be released. This happened over and over again. Within hours of being released, he'd steal another car. It even made the Times- Standard.
Eventually, the powers- that- be talked to the judge that kept releasing him and he was finally held pending trial. That put at least a temporary end to his mischief.
I suspect with the influx of inmates to the jail from prisons, there's even less room available now so it would be interesting to see who is being released vs. who is staying at the jail nowadays. And are victimless crime suspects being held while suspected car thieves or burglars are released?
posted by Fred Mangels @ 8:05 AM
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Having been working the tunnels of the inner sanctem now for a brief stint with a new job, this question has become a constant those of us in and around the jail & courthouse on a daily 9-5 basis... Folks with serious parole or probation violations, seriously violent offenders, like most notable Tree, also guy's with character defining neck tats or giant 18 tat with VofP, they've kept...
If it's a 215 grow, a warehouse grow, property crime, traffic violation, even on some domestic violence, no room for these...
Perhaps a little more vigilance on the part of communities to safeguard property, watch your neighbors' property respectfully and keep some level of heightened awareness while out in the world, so as to keep up on the street smarts, people. It takes a village.
Maybe appoint your own neighborhood watch.
In any case, they are going in, and mostly coming out...
"Henchman Of Justice" says,
The real issue is,
"how people are being imprisoned and locked-up to support the police state mentalitists and their schemes to build an empire using people as slaves for money (fundings for career opportunities for those types who would protect government over The People).
Sad but True,
HOJ
You mean like the farmer in westconsin that got caught selling raw milk or the one In Southern California I could spend all day digging up different stories like this To make a long story short HOJ Is absolutely right and I still say it's just a ploy to Make it necessary for local governments To have more private prisons bilt because they can't afford it themselves
Why bother? Being vigilant, calling the HCSO when you see a crime in the neighborhood when they are just arrested and released?
You mean like the farmer in westconsin that got caught selling raw milk or the one In Southern California I could spend all day digging up different stories like this....
You might be referring to a few isolated cases. I don't know. I do know nobody in the Humboldt County Jail is there for selling milk.
That was the gist of my question, though: Who is in jail now, and should they be there, as opposed to those being released?
Just from taking a look at booked on loco I'd say 3/4 of the people arrested in the last week are ether drunk in public or parole violation for low-level possession charges and after they lower the blood alcohol to. 05 there will be a lot more to charge and finde
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