Less Supervision for Low Level Offenders

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Story Published: Nov 10, 2009 at 7:26 PM PDT

By Lena Vargas

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A change in the law means 10 thousand convicted criminals who might have had parole officers a year ago, do not.

Locally, that's about 400 cases in Franklin County alone. That means more work for the county, just as the budget is shrinking. County Clerk Michael Killian says it also means less safety.

"They may be low offenders but they still need help with whatever drug problems they may have, before department of corrections could do drug testing....keep them off the streets," said Killian.

The Department of Corrections sees things differently. It says less low level offenders in the state's files, means they can concentrate more on "violent" offenders.

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