Griffin Time to wake up about states prisons jails

HOT SPRINGS — Thirty-three of the 354 inmates in the Garland County jail Wednesday were waiting to be transferred to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, according to information the county provided in response to a records request. Some have been waiting since early December. They were part of the more than 2,300 state inmates on Wednesday’s county jail backup list. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin says that’s too many taking beds that could be used for misdemeanor offenders. “Your county jails are worthless for the stated purpose of dealing with misdemeanor justice when they are filled with felons who belong…