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days, and Attorney Brandenburg confirmed that the new state <br />sentencing guidelines for many offenses set the sentences at 364 <br />days which automatically puts the felons in the county jail as <br />opposed to the state jail system. <br />Commissioner Wodtke expressed -his displeasure that the state <br />changed the guidelines which increased our jail population, but <br />the state won't build the jails, and the state probation officers <br />won't do the job, and now they are saying we are in violation. <br />He realized this is not Mr. Wright's problem, however. <br />Mr. Wright commented that the Judge can cite reasons and <br />deviate from the sentencing guidelines in some cases, and some of <br />these prisoners could fit in a community control program that the <br />state does supervise. He continued that a second possibility is <br />a minimum custody facility for low risk prisoners where people <br />can work at their jobs during the day and return to custody at <br />night. Such a facility can have regular walls, ceilings, etc., a <br />dormitory type thing, where one officer can supervise a large <br />number of inmates and some costs can be assessed the prisoners <br />for being in that program. <br />Commissioner Wodtke inquired if the guidelines are flexible <br />enough to allow the facility to be a standard house, a tent, <br />etc., and Mr. Wright noted that one county had an old armory <br />where they put such prisoners. <br />Mr. Wright continued that another possibility is an <br />"over -sight" or "fast-track" committee that can be appointed by <br />the court to determine which prisoners are low risk and can be <br />released to report in periodically. He felt there is a need to <br />reactivate this process to speed up the system and get prisoners <br />out of the facilities. An additional possibility is a percentage <br />bail where the offender can post 10% of the amount with the court <br />and, if he shows up for trial, he would get all or most of his <br />money back. Another alternative is R.O.R. (Release on Own <br />Recognizance) for going to a drug program or detox center, etc., <br />and the final possibly is speeding up the courts. Mr. Wright <br />3 <br />BOOK U <br />