Running a jail is mother's milk for a sheriff. The Ingham County Jail has been overcrowded for years. One obvious reason is that there are people in jail who pose no threat to society.
But many of the people that the State of Michigan feels it must punish do not need to be locked up. The Lansing State Journal recently reported that the ICJ has launched a new program using house arrest and electronic tethers. That article didn't quote the Sheriff. Now, WILX TV, NBC Channel 10 in Lansing, quotes Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth, in support of the new program.
See: Special Report: Jail Without Bars.
Here are the money quotes:
"We've suffered under horrible numbers. Sometimes over 100 people more than we should have," says Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth.
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"If you'd asked me 40 years ago if i thought it was a good idea to let people who were supposed to be in jail go out on a tether, I'd have told you you were nuts."
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