Updated: No Inmates Coming to San Marino

While nearby San Gabriel Valley communities like and are facing inmates returning to their cities as part of a plan to help ease prison overcrowding, do not know of any inmates returning to the city.

“We haven’t received any notices,” San Marino Police Department Sergeant Jay Wilburn told Patch regarding inmates returning to San Marino.

The and constitute cruel and unusual punishment by endangering prisoners' health and safety. The court's ruling upheld a California District Court decision made by a three-judge panel that ordered the state to release between 38,000 and 46,000 prisoners in the next two years.

Dana Toyama, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, stressed that the prisoners being released are not being released early because of the state plan. These prisoners were scheduled for release already, and the state plans to meet mandated reductions through attrition, she said.

“We may be working with adjoining police agencies because a parolee in Alhambra still may affect us so we need to work together and there will be information-sharing and hopefully we’ll work everything out and get everyone working together to prevent problems,” said former SMPD Lieutenant Johnson in May after the mandated release was announced.

SMPD Captain Tim Harrigan told Patch Wednesday that the SMPD hadn't heard anything through their mutual aid department so far about inmate releases in adjacent cities.

The San Marino Police and s regularly promote the importance of as a way to increase vigilance against local crime.

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Correction: Due to erroneous information provided to Patch, an earlier version of this story incorrectly implied that inmates were being released because of realignment. The prisoners were scheduled to be released before realignment was instituted.