{"id":805903,"date":"2020-03-31T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/covid-19-cutting-crime-rates-and-inmate-numbers\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T04:30:00","slug":"covid-19-cutting-crime-rates-and-inmate-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/covid-19-cutting-crime-rates-and-inmate-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 cutting crime rates and inmate numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A combination of early release programs and fewer arrests reduced inmate numbers 43% across the four-county Fifth Judicial District. This is the booking area in the Eagle County jail.<\/strong>
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EAGLE \u2014 Quarantines cut crime rates.<\/p>\n

Jail populations around Colorado\u2019s Fifth Judicial District \u2014 Summit, Eagle, Lake and Clear Creek counties \u2014 are down an average of 43%, a combination of an early release program and inmates finishing their sentences along with fewer people being arrested, law enforcement officials say.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest reduction in population is due to fewer intakes into the facility,\u201d said Capt. Greg Van Wyk, a detentions officer with the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u201cAs fewer arrests are coming in, inmates completing their sentences are reducing the overall population. The vast majority of our populations are presentenced inmates awaiting court dates that have been delayed due to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Vail, for example, police arrested 34 people between March 1-27, down from 64 over the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n

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