RSS FeedMore Beds At Adelanto Jail And Electronic Monitoring May Help Alleviate Overcrowding In San Bernardino County
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Jail overcrowding has prompted the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to approve a plan to use electronic monitoring of convicted criminals. Our local supervisor, Brad Mitzelfelt, led an effort to expand the County’s Adelanto Jail by 1,300 beds last year, and now he is looking for other ways to deal with overcrowding.
David Zook tells Best Syndication that although there are additional beds at the Adelanto jail, more may need to be done. Zook is a spokesperson for Supervisor Mitzelfelt.“The County is competing for a $100 million grant from the state, which, combined with $51 million in County money, would fund the expansion.”
Supervisor Mitzelfelt told Best Syndication that the jails are overcrowded. “Our Sheriff releases more than 100 inmates each day,” Mitzelfelt said. “The least we should do is use available technology to track them rather than simply releasing them unmonitored into the community.”
Mitzelfelt led the effort to get this monitoring system. He says that under California law, the County may authorize the Sheriff’s Department to offer a program under which minimum security and low-risk offenders committed to a county jail, granted probation, or participating in a work furlough program may voluntarily participate in a home detention program during their sentence, in lieu of confinement.
Right now there are approximately 5,700 inmates behind bars in San Bernardino County. There is another 3,000 additional persons participating in the Sheriff’s work release program. The supervisor tells Best Syndication that the program will allow an estimated 1,100 low risk, non-violent inmates to serve the community while provide better monitoring.
By Dan Wilson - Best Syndication News Writer
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