Lane county oregon releasing inmates

• Budget cuts may not kill, but they can lead to the release of killers. Oregon's Lane County this month freed 92 of its prisoners, some of them accused killers, after closing an entire wing in its facility, according to Foxnews.com.
(Huffington Post)
• A $100 million budget deficit in Oregons Lane County has prompted the sheriff to release nearly 100 detainees and inmates from his jail, including several accused of killing people.
(FOX News)
• The Register-Guard reports that 33-year-old Aaron Earl Curry was one of nearly 100 inmates released from Lane County Jail after the sheriffs budget was cut by about $10 million. He is wearing an ankle bracelet so jail officials can monitor his whereabouts.
(FOX News)
• The scene at Turners jail has played out elsewhere in Oregon and might again in coming years. Late in May, Josephine County released 39 inmates after the defeat of a tax levy to support local law enforcement. On the surface, Lane County would seem different.
(Oregonian)
• EUGENE, Ore. - Lane County is releasing criminals both young and old because of budget cuts. Earlier this week, the county released 100 adult inmates from its jail in Eugene.
(Lewiston Morning Tribune)
• As a result of deep budget cuts, the sheriff in Lane County of Oregon and has more than 350,000 residents. It is not the first Oregon county to let prisoners go due to the budget crunch.
(AllGov)
• About $100 million of that would go to Oregon, where timber chief deputy district attorney in Lane County, said the money would be welcome, but it was not arriving in time to prevent the release this week of nearly 100 inmates from the jail.
(Beaumont Enterprise)
• much of the $100 million coming to Oregon will go toward staving off even deeper cuts during the next go-round on county budgets.
(kmtr)