To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the system is releasing some inmates early.
To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in jailsãthe system is releasing some inmates early.
Action news now ana torrea is live in redding, and ana, how many inmates will be released back into shasta county?
By 5 p-m today: 13 inmates will be back in the streets in shasta countyãwithout bail.
Sheriff eric magrini says that's out of 47.
Magrini says the other 34 inmates either don't meet the requirements or are ineligible for release.
As for the inmates getting outãthey're serving time for misdemeanors or low level felonies.
Last week: the california judicial council decided to set bail at zero- dollars for this early release.
People i spoke to in shasta county are not happy.
I dislike it a lot.
I think that what our police department go through, and what we go through as taxpayers to incarcerate them and keep them in jail just for them to release based on whatever reason is not good.
We went through our list of inmates thru classifications and we provided that list to the district attorney's office.
Sheriff magrini tells me he fears crime could increase in the area because of this.
Back in march: governor newsom issued an executive order temporarily halting the intake and transfer of inmates to state prisons.
Reporting live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on.
Action news now reached out to the tehama county sheriff to see how many inmates they plan to release.
But we have not yet heard back.
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To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the system is releasing some inmates early.
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