The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is planning to resume early releases of 80 to 100 jail inmates as soon as Wednesday in response to yet another order from a Sacramento judge over the state's new parole reform law.

The latest order from Judge Loren McMaster was issued this morning and essentially throws out his orders from last week that temporarily put a halt to county jail inmate releases.

The judge wrote in his latest order that he was dissolving his temporary restraining order against early releases because the inmates themselves had a right to be heard on the matter.

"He really unrung the bell," Sacramento Sheriff John McGinness said of the latest order.

The result was a decision by McGinness that he had no legal recourse but to resume releasing inmates who had received credits for good behavior.

"We're actually going through the process now of determining who we can release, so the bodies will be coming out tomorrow," the sheriff said in an interview.

The result will be the release of about 80 to 100 inmates who have earned good-time credits that require they be released, he said. Some will be released under the old system, which allowed inmates to trim one-third of their sentences through good behavior. Others whose good-time credits came after Jan. 25, when the new state law took effect, will be awarded half-time off for good-time credits.

McGinness noted that the confusing system of credits and legal disputes makes it difficult for officials to determine exactly who can be released and that the situation is under study. "We are clearly in a situation of uncertainty," he said, adding that Attorney General Jerry Brown had called him today to discuss the matter.

About 200 inmates were released earlier this month until a suit by the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association challenged the releases and McMaster issued an order temporarily halting the releases.

Deputy Sheriffs' Association officers did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a victims rights group said it was stunned by the turn of events.

"We do not believe this is going to help public safety at all," Christine Ward of the Crime Victims Action Alliance said. "We're very disappointed."