Current Men's Jail
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is seeking $982 Millions for a new men’s jail. Baca sees the new facility being more than a lockup, he sees it as also being an educational facility, where inmates will learn while incarcerated. It has been shown that inmates who learn new skills wile locked up, are less likely to return to jail. For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below:
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03/18/2013 - Sheriff Baca To Propose New $1B Jail Facility
03/16/2013 - Sheriff Lee Baca proposes almost $1 billion new jail to replace downtown facility
03/06/2013 - LA County Sheriff’s second-in-command Paul Tanaka retires amidst federal probe over inmate abuse
10/16/2012 - L.A. County supervisors to hire monitor to oversee jail reforms
10/04/2012 - Sweeping Sheriff’s Department reforms win praise amid scandal
10/03/2012 - Sheriff Lee Baca takes the blame, pledges dramatic reform in jails
10/03/2012 - Sheriff Baca agrees to recommended jails commission reforms
09/26/2012 - ACLU: Sheriff Lee Baca’s deputies strike inmates’ heads with ‘alarming regularity’
09/16/2012 - L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca faces toughest test of his career
09/07/2012 – Sheriff Baca under fire in report on L.A. County jail violence
09/07/2012 – Paul Tanaka, Sheriff’s No. 2, Encouraged His Cops to Work on ‘Edge’ of Law — Report
07/07/2012 – L.A. County sheriff’s official tells of jail brutality
