The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo had filed a motion for the release of the inmates. DA John Flynn’s office consented to the motion. The order was granted by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan on Monday afternoon.
The inmates were convicted of low-level, nonviolent offenses, Flynn said.
The releases were being made to reduce the inmate populations at the Erie County Holding Center in downtown Buffalo and the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden.
“The reality is that the new bail laws have pretty much self-medicated the issue,” DA John Flynn said. “There really is no one in there now for stealing a candy bar from Walmart. … I’m not unsympathetic to the possibility of them getting sick. For me, I can’t just let them all out. There’s a balancing act.”
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