Plan to add jails in county
Amid growing pressure to transform Los Angeles County's overcrowded and dangerous jails, officials have begun quietly weighing a plan to pump nearly $700 million into the system - nearly three times as much as previously proposed. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.
Under the plan, the Sybil Brand Institute would be demolished and a 1,024-bed replacement jail would be built at the Monterey Park site, while two 1,024-bed facilities would be built at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic.
The plan also calls for a 1,152-bed, high-security jail to be built for men at the Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster, and the older section of the Men's Central Jail to be shuttered.
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The Los Angeles Daily News' City Hall reporters Rick Orlov and Kerry Cavanaugh write about politics on the local, state and national stage.
Hopefully, this is a low cost venture.
Nothing elaborate, just cots, tents, unpenetrable fencing, and guard towers will do.
We don't need recreation rooms, computers, TV's, etc. just a few basic needs.
Save the taxpayer some money nutritionally also..baloney sandwiches.