Daniel Zuckerman is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media the Greene County Legislature's Subcommittee on Alternatives to Incarceration took action Wed., Jul. 5, that will extend the deadline to report its findings from September to December. The subcommittee is chaired by Legislator Lori Torgersen, Democrat from Windham, and it is looking at the viable sentencing alternatives available to the judiciary that would also benefit the convicted. The subcommittee will determine if certain court-imposed sentences, particularly those that are drug-related, or related to mental illness, require jail time, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said. “With Lori [Torgersen] and her committee they’re looking at whether or not the jail population could be reduced,” Groden said. Many residents of the existing jail are serving time for drug-related offenses, Groden said. Eight percent are incarcerated for multiple driving while intoxicated convictions, 26 percent have violated probation, 27 percent have sold or purchased drugs, 12 percent committed a property crime to purchase drugs and 12 percent have committed violent crimes to obtain drugs, he said. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.