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Get Out of Jail: 'Emergency Releases' are Back (Updated with Ted Wheeler Comment)

By JAMES PITKIN
data-loss-ceos-should-go-to-jail
forced to release prisoners
30 prisoners walk free
identity theft and car theft
possession, manufacturing and dealing drugs
attempting to elude police
Sheriff Bernie Giusto
raised some eyebrows
closed an additional 46 jail beds
gaming the system
almost no control
We're the last person that has any say in who goes in
continuing to close jail beds will result in more emergency releases
266
down 16 percent
UPDATE:

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