NO INMATE MOVES AT THE MDC. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION TUESDAY NIGHT TOOK A VOTE ON THE PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER INMATES TO OTHER FACILITIES AROUND THE STATE, AND POSSIBLY TO SOME IN TEXAS TO EASE OVERCROWDING. BUT THE PLAN WAS REJECTED AFTER A TIE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER ART DE LA CRUZ AND WAYNE JOHNSON VOTED AGAINST IT WHILE DEBBIE O'MALLEY AND MAGGIE HART STEBBINS VOTED FOR IT. THE PROPOSAL WAS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE JAIL OVERCROWDING AND GIVE THE COUNTY TIME TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO REDUCE THE POPULATION AT THE MDC.
