San Francisco Jail Gets Budget Boost
April 24th, 2008
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved $6.6 million in additional funds Tuesday to cover the costs of jailing a growing inmate population.
Sheriff Michael Hennessey, who runs jail operations, told a committee of supervisors last week that the money is needed because of a court ruling in Southern California that mandated that every inmate have a bed. The ruling forced Hennessey to open and staff a jail in San Bruno that he planned to keep closed, the sheriff said.
The full article is at the San Francisco Chronicle.