Comments on: The Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3332 UNC School of Government Blog Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: CARL MADDOX http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3332&cpage=1#comment-14013 CARL MADDOX Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:11:45 +0000 http://sogweb.sog.unc.edu/blogs/ncclaw/?p=3332#comment-14013 AT THE COST OF 25000 TO HOUSE MISDEMEANANTS IN OUR STATE PRISONS. I BELIVE IT IS INSANE FOR THIS STATE TO DO SO. THIS DOSE NOT IN ANYWAY SAVE MONEY OR HELP OUR STATE. THER ARE OTHER WAYS T COLLECT FINES AND COST FOR A PERSON, SUCH AS COMMUNITY SERVICE. THIS BILL DOSE NOTHING TO ENSURE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIM OTHER THEN TRAFFIC OFFENSES, OWE FINES FOR CIVIL OFFENSES, OR DRIVING WELL LICENSE REVOKED WILL NOT GO TO PRISON? I DO NOT SEE ANY WAY A JUDGE CAN SEE FIT TO SEND SOMEONE TO PRISON WITH RAPIST, KILLERS, ROBBERS, AND ASSAULTIVE PEOPL FOR SUCH THIGS WHERE THERE ARE NO VICTIMS? DOSE ANYONE THINK PFF ALL THE MISDEMEANANTS THAT ARE ASSULT IN VIROUS WAYS OR PRAYED APON BY REAL CRIMINALS? I HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY ON THIS MATTER THAT IT WOULD TAKE DAYS. THINK OF THE NUMBER OF,”POLICE, SCHOLL TEACHERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, AND OTHER JOB’S THAT SENDING MISDEMEANOR’S TO PRISON’S TAKE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY’S?

]]> By: Melody http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3332&cpage=1#comment-7942 Melody Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:26:39 +0000 http://sogweb.sog.unc.edu/blogs/ncclaw/?p=3332#comment-7942 Interesting article! I practice in Seattle, Washington, and here, misdemeanor sentences are often served in a county jail. That is not always the case, but often. However, a misdemeanor sentence simply would not be served in the state person system. Local municipal courts often have agreements where those sentenced by a city judge (municipal court) serve a sentence in a county jail, with the city paying the county a daily rate for the cost of incarceration. There are some cities that have their own city jails, and in that circumstance, the misdemeanant does a sentence in a city jail. There must be city jails in NC too?

If a person is sentenced in a county district court, then the sentence is simply served in the respective county jail.

Misdemeanor sentences can be a max of 90 days for “simple misdemeanors” or 364 days for “gross misdemeanors.” Most offenses have the 364 day max, and many folks do end up with long sentences. There are judges who will give out stiff jail sentences here.

The only way to get to a prison is through a felony charge.

It is an interesting question, “where does one serve a sentence?” because the answer is never quite as straight-forward as it seems. Here in Washington, the Issaquah Jail is known for being a “nicer” jail, and believe it or not, once in a while I’ve seen misdemeanants self-pay their jail and serve their sentence in Issaquah. So, the Seattle muni judge or County judge simply approves the sentence to be done in Issaquah, and the misdemeanant goes there.

I’ve rambled quite a bit, and on a tablet, so please forgive typos.

~Melody

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