This is historic legislation that will enable California to close the revolving door of low-level inmates cycling in and out of state prisons. It is the cornerstone of California's solution for reducing the number of inmates in the state's 33 prisons to 137.5% design capacity by May 24, 2013, as ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court.
AB 109 allows non-violent, non-serious, and non-sex offenders to serve their sentence in county jails instead of state prisons. However, counties can contract back with the State to house local offenders. It also allows for the county-level supervision of offenders upon release from prison (Post Release Community Supervision) which includes current non-violent, current non-serious (irrespective of priors) and some sex offenders.
In all 58 counties, the Probation Department is the designated agency responsible for post-release supervision. In Nevada County, our Post Release Community Supervision program utilizes many services for the supervision and support of these offenders. County-level supervision will not include:
For more information view the AB 109 Brief (PDF).