Is it true that starting October of 2011 in California, they will no longer be sending jail inmates with less serious crimes that get sentenced with more than 2 years to prison? My father is currently in Elmwood which is apart of the Santa Clara county and is most likely going to be getting sentenced to 2 years, and they are telling him that he would do prison time and he has 2 misdemeaners, but he has been telling me that california is passing a law saying that they wont let the county send him to prison for that starting in october. Do any of you know if that is true? I've been really worried for him because he still is no matter what my dad. I have tried researching about this but i cant find anything. i would really appreciate the help