The use of trustees - I work in a county jail for a smaller rural... Female going into corrections - Id like to give some back ground and get your... Past Discussions ACTIVE VOICES The Three C’s (Computers, Crime, and Corrections) ...
plus calls for reform from the ACLU and the County Board of Supervisors over the dangerous conditions inside his jail, Clark sent his operations lieutenant, Casey Bald—second in command in the jail behind the captain himself
In July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an executive order to dismantle homeless encampments across the state, and the LA Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to oppose it. Los Angeles County is choosing to continue with the "care first, jails last" approach when addressing the m...
LA County Offers to Help Doctors Pay off Medical School Debt — If They Work in Its JailsOn the outside, Richard Brent was a thief and a user.He stole and used meth and heroin, acted...Abram, Susan
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The long-awaited reforms come la year into Sheriff Jim McDonald's term. Many of the abuses detailed in the federal investigations came under the watch of former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca, and his former second-in-command, Paul Tanaka. In May, Tanaka and Capt. William...
” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, whose jail system is under a court order to ease overcrowded facilities. “The impact is substantial because we have the largest percentage of the prison population coming out of our county. If you don’t plan it carefully and with success in ...
“We believe that as long as the jails are run by elected officials, the response to problems can be quick,” Cooper said. “If you’ve got a problem in the county jail or the sheriff comes under the gun, the public has a right to ask for his recall or defeat him at the next el...
Impact of Realignment on County Jail Populations There is also concern that realignment has simply shifted the overcrowding problem, and related lawsuits, from state prisons to local jails.Magnus LofstromSteven RaphaelLofstrom, Magnus, and Steven Raphael. 2013. Impact of realignment on ... M Lofstrom...
County Correction Facilities & Jails Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles Almanac Photo.With its facilities around the county, the Los Angeles County Jail is the largest jail in the United States and fourth largest in the world. The jail has a combined capacity for 20,000 inmates....