ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Bernalillo County officials are critical of a report that’s critical of the county.
The report prepared by a consultant hired and since terminated by the county finds many faults with the county’s criminal justice system.
Those include jail crowding that the report blames on large numbers of non-violent offenders jailed after being arrested for minor crimes.
Consultant Alan Kalmanoff also says the bail-bond industry holds away over officials in the criminal justice system.
County officials held a news conference Tuesday to respond to Kalmanoff’s report.
They’d already terminated his contract before his report was complete, but the Albuquerque Journal (https://bit.ly/1aIQAiE) reports that Kalmanoff finished it anyway.
Deputy County Manager Tom Swisstack said the report’s findings aren’t justified.
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