Pat DeWine got the information from the Sheriff’s office.  He and Leis went over it at the September 10 meeting.  The data are through March 12, 2007.  Leis said then that he did not have more current data compiled although he would do it.

For 2007: 16, all female
For 2006: 258, of which 128 are male and 130 are female.
For 2005: 266, of which 117 are male and 149 are female.
For 2004: 180, all female.

The sheriff also said on Sept. 10 that no male inmates had been released early since the county started sending them to Butler County.

The sheriff and Portune, in public, call “process only” an early release.  That is wrong.  They haven’t been convicted yet, let alone sentenced, therefore there is no “early.” Early release pertains only to those who had been sentenced but are released before completing that sentence for one reason or another. Process only means that they were released on their own recognizance following arrest and did not have to post bail.