{"id":26690,"date":"2020-07-07T22:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26690"},"modified":"2020-07-07T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:00:08","slug":"supervisor-barger-asks-for-key-components-included-in-assessment-of-mens-central-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26690","title":{"rendered":"SUPERVISOR BARGER ASKS FOR KEY COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENT OF MEN\u2019S CENTRAL JAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Proposed closure of Men\u2019s Central Jail must consider necessary treatment and existing beds for violent criminals and include stakeholder feedback<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOS ANGELES COUNTY (July 7, 2020) \u2014 Today, Supervisor Kathryn Barger amended a motion by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Shelia Kuehl seeking a report back on the proposed closure of Men\u2019s Central Jail (MCJ) so that the report will include stakeholder input from law enforcement agencies and municipalities, as well as an assessment of the individuals placed in the facility and where resources currently exist elsewhere in the system to serve this high-need populations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI support efforts to provide meaningful treatment and rehabilitation to those within our custody,\u201d said Supervisor Kathryn Barger. \u201cHowever, the individuals who are currently placed at Men\u2019s Central Jail include violent criminals and offenders who have significant treatment needs and may not qualify for diversion. Unfortunately, the existing beds at Men\u2019s Central Jail are not comparable to those that exist elsewhere and thus it is imperative that the Board assess the existing population and the availability of other resources to meet the substantive needs of these individuals, while maintaining our core mission to keep the public safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The assessment and analysis requested by Supervisor Barger in the report back to the Board will provide\u00a0detailed\u00a0and anonymized data regarding the population in custody at each of the jail facilities, including offenses by inmate, length of time being served, mental health status, age, ethnicity, gender\/gender identity, pretrial status, status of those incarcerated on probation or parole violations, along with a breakdown of those recommended for diversion versus those who would remain in custody.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2014 study conducted by Health\u00a0Management Associates conclude that even with robust diversion efforts, the need for jail beds would rise to nearly 6,800 by 2025. The Board then decreased the bed count from 4,885 to 3,885. In February 2019, the Board requested that Correctional Health Services partner with the County Health Departments to offer recommendations on capacity and design for the new facility, and ultimately abandoned construction of a new mental health facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no doubt that based on the current and projected numbers, there is a need for a replacement facility for Men\u2019s Central Jail,\u201d Barger continued. \u201cFurthermore, any discussions around the proposed closure of Men\u2019s Central Jail must include the voices of our essential law enforcement partners and the many municipalities that will be impacted, along the relevant\u00a0information on this sensitive population to ensure that the Board is able to make well-informed decisions moving forward,\u201d Supervisor Barger continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial report back to the Board of Supervisors will be due in 60 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed closure of Men\u2019s Central Jail&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26692,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690\/revisions\/26692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}