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For LA County Sheriff Lee Baca, he rather close jails than take officers off the streets. Facing potential cuts in his department, which he says will be around $72 million, he would lean towards releasing inmates early, possibly closing the Men's Central facility (that could mean releasing 4,000). Under his plan, his 10,000-officer force would not decrease other than through attrition and a number of civilian jobs would be cut. But the county's chief executive, William T Fujioka, told the LA Times Baca's story is "irresponsible" because nothing has been set in stone. Fujioka asked many departments for draft budget proposals showing how they would handle a 5% cut, but he said the Sheriff's Department is not one of them.
What Would You Rather See Happen? Less Officers or Closed Jails?
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Begley is a raving nutball and he is dead wrong. StrokerMcgurk
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Fewer, Zach. Fewer.
But in answer to your question, our jails are pretty useless, aren't they?
I'm not sure of the recidivism rates, but I feel like leaning your way.
I'd rather see closed jails, as long as the officers that remain on the street stop filling them with non-violent offenders in the first place.
paul++
oooohhhh... another scare tactic from Bacca, give us more money or we release these criminals.
Does this have to be a choice? I'd prefer to see both, personally.
Agreed. We could really use a reduction in both...especially with the uselessness of the Sheriff at Metro stations.
Release all non-violent offenders. People who most likely shouldn't be there in the first place.
Fewer jails. more responsible rehabilitation and release of inmates.
Andy raises a very important point. Rehabilitation seems to have been replaced long ago by retribution. Most of these folks are going to be released, whether sooner or later, and preparing them for that day should be just as important (perhaps more so) than keeping them off the street during their sentence.
Did anyone see SoCal Connected's spot last week on the California Conservation Corps? Now there's a great way to help keep young people off the streets and rehabilitate.
http://kcet.org/socal/2009/02/saving-the-corps.html
Yep and Arnie in his infinite wisdom has decided that California Conservation Corps is a wasteful program.
Here's a site where you can sign a petition agaist those funding cuts if you disagree...
http://www.save-the-ccc.org/
Okay jrb, I got you your answer on the CCC
http://laist.com/2009/02/24/the_california_conservation_corps_n.php
Just saw the article Zach.
Thanks for the good news!
Back in high school I had a friend (the type parents would call a "bad influence") who spent time with the CCC and it truly did him a lot of good. Not that it was perfect, but it was better than locking the guy, who was in his late teens at the time, in jail.
close the jails. incarceration medevil and backwards.
paulie h and andy - agreed. what's frustrating is that there never seems to be any thought that goes into these decisions. considering WHO to release makes a shitload more sense than just freeing the entire population of one or two jails. am i to understand that would mean that rapists and murderers go free from one jail while some dude who smoked pot still rots in another??
but i guess that would mean thinking through legislation or government decisions, and we all know how no politician really likes doing anything that would, you know, make sense.
I say bring back the work camps. At least let the criminals do something constructive!
I say bring back the work camps. Let the criminals work the railroad line from LA to Las Vegas and SF