Criminal
Dec. 2, 2011
Judges can't block early releases
Fresno County officials will file a modification to the 1991 consent decree on early inmate releases that clarifies the term 'capacity' as 'staffed capacity,' essentially resolving the judges' concerns
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge Thursday rejected a motion by Fresno County Superior Court judges to intervene in a 17-year-old consent decree between the county and prisoner rights advocates in a dispute over the early release of jail inmates.
Instead, Judge Morrison C. England Jr. of the Eastern District ordered county officials to file a modification to the decree that defines jail "capacity" as meaning &...
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