THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ALBUQUERQUE’S COMMUNITY CUSTODY PROGRAM … SO THE 18 SUSPECTS FOUND GUILTY OF THEIR ALLEGED CRIMES AND AWAITING TRIAL ARE BACK IN THE METRO DETENTION CENTER. MDC SPOKESPERSON CANDACE HOPKINS TELLS KOB TV THEY DETERMINED THE 18 INMATES SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SHE SAYS THE INMATES ARE MONITORED WHILE THEY’RE OUT OF JAIL BUT ARE NOW BACK INSIDE DUE TO THEIR BEING INELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. SHE ALSO SAYS THE PERSON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY CUSTODY PROGRAM RETIRED RECENTLY. SOME OF THE INMATES ARE CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, DWI, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
