Advocates Want Pre-Dawn Jail Releases Stopped

I've always wondered why the Sheriff's Department releases inmates at such hours. I imagine it's usually a quieter time of day which makes it easier for them to prepare the release paperwork, etc., but that isn't necessarily true, e.g., on busy weekends when people are being booked into the jail at all hours.

If someone gets hurt, they the County should be liable for releasing them into an inappropriate environment.

Rather than release at midnight or whatever, perhaps the inmate may opt to stay until the sun warms the hot pavement of the transfer station and surrounding areas so that the poor guy can make it down the hill.

I've seen the jail's site and it is a treacherous, no sidewalk hill that IS unlit and dangerous at night...

I don't get it. Do they need the morning hours to clean the cell for the next incoming inmate? Lord knows that they are running a full house down there. Must be some money in it from the State or something !!

I am appalled at the treatment of inmates and undocumented immigrants as well in our country, the most progressive and safe in the world.

Mr. Brown, shape up your jail. Shame on you for this practice.

Thornton.

The county should provide limo service and a pedicure for all people being released from their jail.

It's not Bill Brown's fault it's the juridical system or the habit of the judges across the board to sentence for "x" number of days and/or if some kind of hearing (perhaps parole) determines that John Doe or Jane Doe shall be released on such and such a date, or that he or she will serve "x" number of days, that person must by law not be held for one iota longer than the law allows and if that person is legally determined to be no longer under the jurisdiction and authority of the state to hold them, they must be released not one minute later than midnight.

In practice, the processing of release and dealing with retrieval of their property and any papers which may or may not be signed, or offered for signature, or issues with any placement they may have somewhere can result in them being unable to finish until 4:00 or 5:00 am anyway.

Actually the judges will, I suspect, inform us that their hands are tied and that due to legal precedent, they can't do otherwise. Maybe. But perhaps that is not the case and they could do otherwise. They do in special cases issue orders specifying for release by a time certain.

If people think that there should be a change, the way to go might be to contact Das WIlliams and request that he introduce legislation. If people are keen on the idea, make sure to tell Das that it was my idea, so I can get credit, natch.

Its harmful even for people with resources because often their cel phone batteries are dead by the time they're released, and of course their vehicles aren't there.
It would be good for some people who are less informed about our legal system that people who haven't been found guilty of any crime are also released in the middle of the night.
In addition, depending on the sadism level of who's in charge on any given day; a judge can order a person released at 9am but the person often won't actually be released until midnight.

I agree with SBLoc. Lets add a new tax to do this.

Perhaps SBLoc and A2SB would think differently if they were arrested on charges on which they were innocent and were released at 2am.

Not really, I have been there and done that, so you can save me the violin music.