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Sheriff: Monterey County jail released 11 people to ICE in 2024; board asks for more detail and policy documents
Summary
Chief Deputy Tim Lanquist told the Board of Supervisors the jail released 11 incarcerated people into ICE custody in 2024 for qualifying charges. The board voted 5-0 to request further documentation and a fuller accounting of communications with ICE, and to amend agenda titles for future transparency.
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office told the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28 that, under California law, the jail released 11 incarcerated people into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during calendar year 2024. Chief Deputy Tim Lanquist, presenting the department’s annual Truth and Values Act report, listed the qualifying charges that led to those transfers.
Lanquist said the releases were either of convicted people or of people “held to answer” by a judge. He told the board, “For the 2024…
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