Article: Subcommittee set up to deal with jail overcrowding in L.A.

Article: Prisoners Still Being Freed to Ease Jail Overcrowding
Los Angeles Sentinel;  November 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Dennis Anderson Los Angeles Sentinel 11-07-19...Freed to Ease Jail Overcrowding. The Los Angeles County jail system...five years. The Los Angeles County jail system...northwest of downtown Los Angeles at Wayside Honor...

Article: Will the Paris Hilton circus sink LA's rootin' tootin' sheriff? Lee Baca is a survivor so don't bet on his demise, writes Robert Greene in Los Angeles.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa);  June 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...WILL Paris Hilton bring down Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca? Is her...remained relatively low, even in Los Angeles, despite the fact that he runs...000 deputies, America's largest jail system and an annual budget of...and that criminal sentences in Los Angeles County are ...

Article: Jail overcrowding frees Rodriguez after 1 day
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  May 31, 2006 ;     196 words ...LOS ANGELES Actress Michelle Rodriguez was released from...in Hawaii. She was released Thursday from a Los Angeles County jail due to overcrowding, authorities...three-year probation term she was given in Los Angeles County in 2004.

Article: JAIL OVERCROWDING GETS A 2ND LOOK
Post-Tribune (IN);  May 12, 1993 ;     347 words ......paid $28,500 to provide other options to solve the chronic jail overcrowding that has county officials concerned they aren't complying...commissioners, concerned that they needed to provide a long-term jail overcrowding solution to federal Judge Allen Sharp by May, hired Phillips...

Article: Macon County officials say they're already taking steps to speed up criminal proceedings to help with jail overcrowding.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL);  July 28, 2006 ;     432 words ......justice officials say they already are taking steps to reduce jail overcrowding by trying new strategies to make the courts more efficient...more plea deals can be made. For the immediate problem of jail overcrowding, we've upped our negotiation times, Ahola said. Public...

Article: Local jail overcrowding: challenges for the public manager.(COMMENTARY)
Public Management;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......local government managers worry about jail overcrowding? There are a good number of reasons...respected studies consistently hold that jail overcrowding stems from: 1. Mandatory sentencing...A Common but Unnecessary Cause of Jail Overcrowding suggests that although jail bloating...

Article: LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ISSUES AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 3 MEETING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 4, 2009 ;     646 words ...LOS ANGELES, March 3 -- The Los Angeles County Chief Administrative...Florence-Firestone area to Los Angeles Unified School District...inefficiencies that contribute to jail overcrowding and to assist in developing...Ballona Creek in Culver City, Los Angeles ...

Article: Vic; Home detention needed to ease jail overcrowding =2
AAP General News (Australia);  November 13, 2000 ;     125 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 11-13-2000 Vic; Home detention needed to ease jail overcrowding =2 The Law Institute of Victoria has backed a trial of the home detention scheme because it would enable offenders to remain employed...

Article: SENATORS ANNOUNCE FUNDING TO TACKLE JAIL OVERCROWDING, METH ABUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 4, 2007 ;     202 words ......78,500 grant will specifically help the Montana Detention Dilemma Task Force collect new information about the impact of jail overcrowding across the state. The Task Force will use the data to find which detention centers can help ease overcrowding. Part of...

Article: LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ISSUES AGENDA FOR FEB. 3 MEETING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Office issued the following...Ultreras and her 3-year-old daughter, Cynthia, in Los Angeles on Jan. 2, 1993. (Item 4) APPROVED Supervisors Don...APPROVED Board asked to approve agreement with City of Los Angeles to establish a joint authority ...

Article: Sentencing review targets record jail overcrowding
Evening Standard - London;  December 5, 2007 ;     234 words ......SWEEPING overhaul of sentencing and the prison system was being unveiled today in a new government bid to cope with record jail overcrowding. The most radical change is a plan to make judges take into account the available jail spaces when sentencing. The aim...

Article: Commissioners argue over jail overcrowding issue.
High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC);  April 5, 2007 ;     339 words ......Apr. 5--GUILFORD COUNTY -- Two commissioners exchanged harsh words Wednesday while leading a committee seeking to relieve jail overcrowding. Commissioner Skip Alston wanted to move as fast as possible to recommend as much as $500,000 to fund diversion programs...

Article: Philadelphia Offers Bail Money to Ease Jail Overcrowding
The Washington Post;  November 22, 1987 ;     205 words ...The city of Philadelphia has pledged to put up more than $150,000 bail to free at least 300 inmates in an effort to ease jail overcrowding, but prosecutors and finance officials are challenging the plan. The city has until Dec. 31 to pay bail for inmates awaiting...

Article: Jail overcrowding a big problem.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 18, 2002 ;     32 words ...THE problem of overcrowding in jails is going to get worse before it gets better, the director general of the Prison Service has said, with the number of inmates up from 41,500 in 1994 to 72,340 yesterday.