The Detroit News. Twenty-five people met Thursday in the county building, which also houses the 911 center, to come up with solutions. After all, the group figures, today's inmates are tomorrow's citizens.
People sentenced to the jail are in for crimes that have a sentence of one year or less.
But keeping people from returning to jail can be a daunting task, said Nancy Riley, the Livingston County Jail's administrator. Sixty to 70 percent have employment issues. We need to give them the tools that will provide them with the abilities not to return to past practices. And if the needs of those in the jail aren't met, the odds are the county will be dealing with them again. We need to break that cycle.