Inmate Released in Arcadia (Poll)

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.

One state prison inmate is back in  as part of a plan to reduce prison overcrowding that stemmed from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling deeming conditions in jam-packed prisons unconstitutional, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said she could not release any details about the inmate, who committed a crime of a non-violent nature.

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.

The state is planning on reducing overcrowding by sentencing new non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenders to prison terms in county jails and by having the same offenders monitored by county probation upon their release instead of by the state.

About 10,000 inmates will be released back into Los Angeles County over the next 12 months.

While the Probation Department is the lead agency, the Temple station, along with the Sheriff's Department’s Community Oriented Policing Bureau, will verify the residency of Arcadia's inmate and ensure compliance to state release requirements.