The Sacramento Bee
PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — The Placer County Sheriff’s Office held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for two $66 million buildings to house inmates.
Placer County’s top leaders and law enforcement officials unveiled in Roseville a vocational training facility and a mental health center at the Bill Santucci Justice Center, home to Placer Superior Court, the District Attorney’s Office and the South Placer Jail. It comes as Placer County contends with a rise in the number of inmates after California voters approved Proposition 36, which creates a new felony charge for a person accused of stealing for a third time…