Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco is an unusual kind of
sheriff. What law enforcement chief doesn't want a bigger
jail? But he is doing all he can not to build.
On a recent Thursday morning, DeMarco eviscerated an 82-page report by the Suffolk County Probation Department that said the department is doing a great job of clearing the jail of nonviolent, low-level offenders, and preventing them from returning. DeMarco spoke to the county legislature's Public Safety Committee and made enough of an impression that it appears the legislature will vote on Sept. 14 to have an outside consultant come in to check the Probation Department's math.
Read more at : http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/anne-michaud/michaud-suffolk-sheriff-is-trying-to-break-criminal-justice-cycle-1.5850544
On a recent Thursday morning, DeMarco eviscerated an 82-page report by the Suffolk County Probation Department that said the department is doing a great job of clearing the jail of nonviolent, low-level offenders, and preventing them from returning. DeMarco spoke to the county legislature's Public Safety Committee and made enough of an impression that it appears the legislature will vote on Sept. 14 to have an outside consultant come in to check the Probation Department's math.
Read more at : http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/anne-michaud/michaud-suffolk-sheriff-is-trying-to-break-criminal-justice-cycle-1.5850544
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