Statement: “Theft is up in this county by 16 percent,” county Supervisor Bill Horn said June 26, criticizing the state’s prison realignment process.
Analysis: Last year, faced with a court mandate to reduce prison overcrowding, state lawmakers decided to send more low-level inmates to local jails instead of prisons and expand the pool of inmates that county officials would be required to monitor after their release.
Theft on the Rise: Fact Check
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