Board to consider $20k allocation for inmate taxi ride service

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors today will consider whether to allocate $20,000 to a program set up earlier this year to keep inmates released from the Southwest Detention Center from loitering outside homes and businesses.

Riverside Inmate Destination Endeavor -- or RIDE -- was implemented in June as a pilot project recommended by former Supervisor Jeff Stone.

According to sheriff's officials, the initial $25,000 earmarked for RIDE has been exhausted, and to keep it going to May 31, another $20,000 is needed.

Sheriff Stan Sniff is expected to report in January whether the program has...