![]() ![]() Records also show most defendants don't re-offend during release and show up for their court dates. Officials say the program keeps the worst of the worst in jail while addressing racial and economic inequities in Oregon's bail release system. What the public usually hears about, jail officials say, are the worst-case scenarios, like Baird and Miser, when released inmates lash out at their victims, return to crime, escalate in violence or simply vanish.īut records show most releases are successful. This forced release process is common as thousands of inmates pass through the jail every year. Those deemed safe enough to release, including suspected drug offenders, burglars and those with firearms charges, are freed without bail. When it reaches the "trigger number" of 403 occupied beds, staff must decide who stays and who's released. The jail's capacity is determined by its budget. These men's paths to Marion County Jail began differently, but they ended the same: Each was released without posting bail because the jail was nearing its 415-bed limit. Within hours, he was re-arrested at another drug house where police found five pounds of meth and an illegal marijuana grow. ![]() He was jailed on $1.5 million bail, but as cells filled up the next day, Miser was released. He was re-arrested in July after allegedly burglarizing another home and firing a gun in the same South Salem neighborhood.Ĭasey Miser, 36, was busted with 17 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 pounds of cocaine, 1/4 pound of heroin, 10,000 oxycodone pills and 40 pounds of marijuana on Feb 16. Jail overcrowding triggered Baird's release in April, but then he missed his next court hearing and disappeared. Watch Video: A look inside the Marion County jailĬody Baird, 20, broke into a Salem man's home March 3, pointed a gun at him and then, as he fled, fired a shot into a nearby home before being caught by police. ![]()
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