{"id":62329,"date":"2024-01-30T19:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T03:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=62329"},"modified":"2024-01-30T19:01:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T03:01:29","slug":"barger-reacts-to-mens-central-jail-closure-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=62329","title":{"rendered":"Barger Reacts to Men\u2019s Central Jail Closure Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Supervisor Barger issued the following statement today after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from several County subject matter experts detailing a five-year path to permanently shutter Men\u2019s Central Jail:<\/p>\n

\u201cUndoubtedly, Men\u2019s Central Jail is antiquated, inhumane, and an ineffective setting for both the incarcerated population and the dedicated staff members working there which includes deputies, nurses, and clinicians. They all deserve better.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In June 2021, I brought forward a\u00a0<\/em>motion<\/em><\/a>\u00a0directing several County Department leaders to develop a comprehensive plan with a timeline and financial resources needed to make the jail\u2019s closure a reality. It failed based on a lack of support from our Board. Three years later, we are finally having a discussion that is long overdue.<\/em><\/p>\n

I am concerned about the timeline unveiled today. There are assumptions and factors that we can\u2019t control, starting with the court release decisions, recidivism, and crime rates.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But, I am heartened by the fact that our discussion acknowledged the fact that there will be a subset of inmates that will not qualify for diversion and must be housed and treated in a secure facility. Call it what you will \u2013 Sheriff Luna called it a Care Campus \u2013 but at least we are facing that reality. The fact that more than 50% of inmates in the County\u2019s custody are suffering from mental health illness is a moral reminder that we must modernize our approach and constitutional duties in the 21st century. That keeps me up at night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supervisor Barger issued the following statement...<\/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-62329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62329","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=62329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62330,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62329\/revisions\/62330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}