20 miles south of downtown sacramento at the county s branch jail, the real casumnis correctional center, it s a brand new day for yvette anderson. after five days in segregation followed by three months in a tightly restricted maximum security cell, she is back in a general population dormitory with considerably more freedom. i m back over here with my friends. and i m able to go to the gym every day. able to go outside ever i day, whenever i want to unless it s lights out or something. anderson s troubles began after she was found with cake frosting she stole from the jail s culinary class, along with some other contraband. out on the streets, anderson was known to steal as well. with multiple convictions for crimes including identity theft,
the real casumnis correctional center. unlike the main jail the majority of inmates here are already convicted of crimes and are serving sentences. sometimes more than a decade long. which is unusual for a county jail. due to the passage of a law known as ab-109 for the public safety realignment thousands of offenders convicted of nonviolent crimes will now serve their sentences in county jails as opposed to prisons. the act was passed in part to relieve dangerously overcrowded conditions in california state prison system. to me, it seemed crazy, for lack of a better term. it was going to create an additional burden, create additional liability, additional medical costs for the county jails that didn t have the infrastructure, the staff wasn t trained. basically it felt like the state was shuffling their problem on the local county jurisdictions. from the moment it happened my mentality went from criticism to, okay, we re here so let s now figure out how to make it work.
20 miles south of downtown sacramento at the county s branch jail, the real casumnis correctional center, it s a brand new day for yvette anderson. after five days in segregation followed by three months in a tightly restricted maximum security cell, she is back in a general population dormitory with considerably more freedom. i m back over here with my friends. and i m able to go to the gym every day. able to go outside ever i day, whenever i want to unless it s lights out or something. anderson s troubles began after she was found with cake frosting she stole from the jail s culinary class, along with some other contraband. out on the streets, anderson was known to steal as well. with multiple convictions for
20 miles south of downtown sacramento at the county s branch jail, the real casumnis correctional center, it s a brand new day for yvette anderson. after five days in segregation followed by three months in a tightly restricted maximum security cell, she is back in a general population dormitory with considerably more freedom. i m back over here with my friends. and i m able to go to the gym every day. able to go outside every day, whenever i want to unless it s lights out or something. anderson s troubles began after she was found with cake frosting she stole from the jail s culinary class, along with some other contraband. out on the streets, anderson was known to steal as well.
20 miles south of downtown sacramento at the county s branch jail, the real casumnis correctional center, it s a brand new day for yvette anderson. after five days in segregation followed by three months in a tightly restricted maximum security cell, she is back in a general population dormitory with considerably more freedom. i m back over here with my friends. and i m able to go to the gym every day. able to go outside ever i day, whenever i want to unless it s lights out or something. anderson s troubles began after she was found with cake frosting she stole from the jail s culinary class, along with some other contraband. out on the streets, anderson was known to steal as well. with multiple convictions for crimes including identity theft, burglary, and forgery. she s also struggled with a met