People are held in county jail on M11 charges, pretrial and presentencing. After sentencing they do go to state prison. So you are partly correct, but not completely. Many inmates charged with M11 crimes spend months or even longer than a year at LC jail awaiting trial and sentencing. These are the folks that the levy was intended to keep in jail. Remember a few years ago the guy who threatened his ex, was charged with assault and other violent crimes against her, was released due to overcrowding (meaning the people that were not released were charged with even more serious offenses), got out and promptly killed the ex? The levy is intended to lessen the chance of a repeat of that. As far as what charges people are held on, that is easily obtainable information by looking at the county jail website.