The analysis assumed that the legislation will become effective on September 1, 1994 and that baseline projections of releases and prison construction are those developed in January and February 1993. Other assumptions were that approximately 43 percent of the offenders currently sentenced to prison will be diverted to community corrections as a jail felons and that State jail capacity will be provided for jail felons. Other assumptions related to numbers of sentences to prison, recidivism, and the use of inmate drug treatment programs. The analysis revealed that the projected jail backlog under the revised proposal is substantially lower than under the baseline projection by August of 1995 due to increases in both diversions and correctional capacity. In addition, jail felons will serve an average of 4.3 years in community corrections supervision. Additional projections and figures