Sheriff Briese and Lieutenant Land had the opportunity to give an in-depth tour of the County Jail to members of the Mariposa Gazette this week. Lieutenant Land, who is in charge of the day to day operations at the Jail put them through a mock booking process (not including a strip search) and showed them throughout the jail facilty; safety cells, cell blocks / pods, the visiting area, digital court room, the kitchen and the control room where they were able to get a birds eye view of the facili

A pilot scheme to resolve court cases early is to be rolled out across Scotland. The summary case management pilot was launched in September 2022 at Dundee, Hamilton and Paisley sheriff courts before being expanded to Glasgow and Perth. A new Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) report on the scheme found it has enabled cases to be solved before trial, cutting the number of police officers required to attend court as witnesses and reducing case backlogs. #news #courts #LegalSystem #legal