Riverside County agencies are struggling to manage the increased workload resulting from a higher number of inmates in county jails and a greater number of parolees being supervised locally due to a change in state law, according to a report to be reviewed Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.
The Department of Probation will present an overview of the initial effects of Assembly Bill 109, the Public Safety Realignment Act, which took effect Oct. 1 and has since proven to be a heavier burden on local resources than originally predicted, according to the report.
“Realignment represents the most significant change in the criminal justice system in more than 30 years,'' according to the report drafted under the direction of the Community Corrections Partnership Executive Committee, comprised of all the heads of county public safety agencies, as well as the Superior Court Executive Office...
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