General Info
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Assembly Bill AB 109 and AB 117, historic legislation that will enable California to close the revolving door
of low-level inmates
cycling in and out of state prisons.
Pre-Trial
Under the new realignment law, non violent defendants may now be released from jail with an electronig monitoring device in lieu of bail. Violent crimes do not qualify under this law.
Post-Release
Realignment means you may not go to prison, you can still earn “half-time” credits, and you may be supervised for as little as 6 months after release from custody.
How it works
- Decision for release is made by
Court or City Jail - Release with supervision is ordered
- You get out of jail
Our team is ready to assist courts with release options
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Enrollment 
Installation
Supervision
Reporting
Basic Realities: County Jails are not getting any bigger!
They are going to become more crowded with people serving time for County Jail Felonies; i.e., those serving 16 months minimum and who, before October 1st, would have gone to State Prison. Until the implementation of Realignment on October 1, 2011, most inmates in local county jails fell into one of two primary groups:
(1) Those facing misdemeanor or felony charges, and awaiting disposition of their cases by settlement
or trial; and
(2) Those serving a sentence of 1-365 days after conviction/plea, and usually facing probation upon release. A smaller group would have been those looking at possible violations of probation or parole,
and some who were sentenced to State Prison and were short-term inmates awaiting transportation to
a state facility.
County Fact Sheets
All files below are in PDF format
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“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.”