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Apr. 28, 2009
L.A.'s Central Problem
Instead of spending $1 billion more for new jail facilities, L.A. County should commit to developing alternatives to detention, write Margaret Winter and Melinda Bird.
FORUM COLUMN
By Margaret Winter and Melinda Bird Los Angeles County has the largest, most expensive jail system in the nation, incarcerating 20,000 men and women at a cost of $1 billion per year. But when the ACLU released a report earlier this month detailing the nightmarish conditions in the 5,000-bed Men's Central Jail and calling for its closure, Sheriff Lee Baca responded with a plan to spend almost $1 billion more for new jail facilities. T...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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