Divided Board of Supervisors weighs in on drug-treatment facility for felons
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The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted this week to support in principle legislation that would allow the county to create a secure drug treatment facility for felony offenders who would otherwise be incarcerated in jail or prison.
The vote was narrow, with three supervisors in favor, one in opposition and one abstaining.
AB 1542 was authored by Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, in partnership with Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig and Yolo County Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland. Sandy was joined by Supervisors Jim Provenza of Davis and Angel Barajas of Woodland in support of the bill, while Don Saylor of Davis opposed the motion and Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento abstained.
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 | Sacramento, CA
In this July 9, 2020, file photo, people hold up a banner while listening to a news conference outside San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif.
AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File
By Byrhonda Lyons, CalMatters
In July, amid an epidemic of coronavirus cases, California’s corrections agency rolled out early-release programs touted as a solution to protect inmates at overcrowded prisons. But nearly all of the prisoners selected were scheduled to be released within months anyway, while many inmates with longer sentences remain in prison despite serious health conditions.
About 6,500 inmates in California’s prisons were eligible for release under the state’s high-risk medical release program.