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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING

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The PSCC, a statutorily created body charged primarily with keeping the jail cap at federally mandated levels, had its quarterly meeting today.  The usual members were present (BSO, DOC, BACDL, Ken Keechl, Dr. Mack, etc.), plus the courthouse brass involved with the Commission (Tobin, Ortman, Forman, Bidwill, Holmes, Gardiner, Finkelstein, Michaelson, Morton).The usual discussions were had, focusing on the lack of information technology that can communicate between all the agencies involved in the criminal justice system.  The jail cap has been reduced, but the budget cuts have everyone stressed, and an already difficult job has now become even tougher.  Of course, no one is willing to address the root cause of the jail crowding, i...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).