LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Members of a community stakeholder group to end inmate deaths at Louisville’s downtown jail reignited their call on Tuesday.
This time, members were pushing Jefferson County prosecutors and officials to explore ways to keep the jail population down using diversion methods for people accused of low-level crimes.
“Specifically, we’re asking the Commonwealth’s and County Attorneys to stop requesting bench warrants with cash bonds for individuals who do not pose a legitimate threat to public safety. We’re asking our judges to expand the use of ROR (released on own recognizance), credit time served in custody towards bail. We want them to decline issuing bench warrants for individuals who only owe fines or fees,” Amber Duke, executive director for ACLU of Kentucky, said…