Attorney General Opinion No.

James L. Emerson Crawford County Counselor 2nd Floor, Courthouse Girard, Kansas 66743

Dear Mr. Emerson:

You request an opinion concerning whether a district court can order a defendant to be committed to a specific county jail. We understand that the Crawford county jail suffers from overcrowding and the sheriff regularly transfers inmates who are awaiting trial or serving sentences to other jails once they are committed to his care and custody in order to alleviate the crowded conditions. You indicate that the district court has been committing certain defendants to the Crawford county jail so…