California Public Safety Realignment Act
Counties Can Authorize Electronic Monitoring in Lieu of Bail
- California Penal Code § 1203.018 allows the county board of supervisors to permit qualified inmates held in lieu of bail to be placed in an electronic monitoring program.
- California Penal Code § 2900.5 states that time served in this electronic monitoring program will count towards mandatory minimum sentences.
Realignment Fact Sheet from CDCR
San Diego Realignment Fact Sheet
San Diego Public Safety Implementation Plan
San Bernardino Realignment Fact Sheet
Los Angeles Realignment Fact Sheet
“The hope is that instead of staying in prison, people will be released sooner and put on an alternative program that will give them treatment options that will be better for them in the long run. If Sonoma County is committed to getting people rehabilitated, this is an excellent opportunity to do that.”
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
Lieutenant Mike Toby.
"We're mandated to provide medical expenses if prisoners have to go to the doctor, so if they're in home monitoring, it's a different situation,"
Franklin County Sheriff Richard Lathim
