NCJ Number
153095
Date Published
1992
Length
282 pages
Annotation
This is the final report on a study into the causes, nature and solutions for persistent jail crowding and facilities problems in San Joaquin County, CA.
Abstract
Four major characteristics mark the San Joaquin County jail crowding problem: (1) a court-ordered jail cap of the old jail and honor farm facilities; (2) fees on persons booked into county correctional facilities; (3) a significantly large proportion of inmates held on warrants; and (4) a shrinking pool of available resources to deal with increasing demand for law and justice services. Consultants studied the nature of the inmate problem and its foreseeable growth; the type and scope of available programs and alternatives to incarceration; the organization and functions of the criminal justice agencies that comprise the system; the quality of incarceration facilities. This report presents final recommendations in all of these areas and concludes with a recommendation for a population management system for the management of the county's inmate population. Footnotes, tables, figures, list of abbreviations, appendixes, list of tables and figures