On Monday, April 3rd, Los Angeles County Board members decided to remove a controversial proposal that aimed to “decarcerate” Los Angeles County jails after its main advocate, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, withdrew the plan.
The decision to remove the agenda, titled “Actionable Steps to Reduce Population and Incarceration in Los Angeles County Jails,” came after significant backlash and disagreement from fellow supervisors, law enforcement, prosecutors, and even the ACLU.
Yeah, you read that right. The ACLU.
As soon as details of the plan became available to the public, Solis said, “My office has received concerns from a variety of stakeholders — those who feel the motion is not doing enough and those who feel it is doing too much. To that end, I will be referring the motion back to my office so that I can continue to gather input from all stakeholders.”
The details of the plan to decarcerate included:
- Giving the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department authority to use electronic monitoring as an alternative to incarceration
- Instructing local sheriff to review its bail thresholds and to cite and release “individuals with aggregate bail amounts set at $50,000 or below”
- Advocating for the Los Angeles Superior Court to support the county in its pursuit of “care first” as it once did when it adopted a statewide COVID-19 emergency bail schedule
- Requesting the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to take back inmates who are serving out their prison sentences in county jails. That number includes about 10% of the total LA County jail population and will help ease overcrowding, Solis said
- Advocating for legislative changes at the state level so that those who are medically fragile can be eligible for compassionate release
The proposal was presented stating that it would “Declare the state of mental health services and overcrowding in the Los Angeles County jails a humanitarian crisis, requiring the County to move with all deliberate speed on meaningful solutions; and prioritize decreasing the number of individuals entering the Los Angeles County Jails.”
Whether this is viewed as not doing enough or doing too much, it feels like an unbalanced concept filled with holes that can only be given one label: stupid.
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After the agenda was removed, Soils said the new goal is to “balance the needs of public safety while also getting into compliance with our federal obligations. And in that process, I ask that county departments and agencies help us with meeting the needs of our most vulnerable.”
The push to decarcerate the jails in Los Angeles County is the result of overpopulation, filling them beyond their capacity.
Soils called the jail conditions “horrid and inhumane,” and noted that Los Angeles County is subject to several federal consent decrees and settlement agreements, “including those regarding the treatment provided for incarcerated people with mental health needs and severe overcrowding in county jails, including Men’s Central Jail.”
According to the Los Angeles County Police Chiefs Association, they were blindsided by the proposal and learned about it only a few days before. In a statement, officials with the organization said the plan would “exacerbate our current plight” in tackling surging crime.
Despite the overpopulation problem, simply releasing criminals is not the answer. Los Angeles County has their work cut out for them as they continue to find a solution.
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Ban guns and empty the jails, are these clowns on crack? Seriously democrats you’re a danger to society.
I’ve an idea… Execute proven murderers and traitors (read, “those trying to overthrow the government or destroy / disseminate any part of the constitution”). That should make plenty of room in those cells.
I seem to recall a country that released its criminal ,
and criminally insane populations , armed them and
set them loose upon their political rivals . When their
enemies were eliminated , most of those “ Freedom
Fighters “ were executed , while some became high
ranking political figures in the New government .
Does anyone else recall this , or who/where it occurred ?
Could the “ tacticians “ that dreamed this up be back
in business , here ?
If one of the good readers here could refresh my memory ,
I would be obliged .
Age is creeping upon me , I am often forgetful .
If the ACLU chimes in, then it must be about money for lawyers somewhere. What to do with all those prisoners? What ever happened to prison farms? Did you have those in your state? They were prevalent in the South, they planted, raised, grew and processed their own food for the most part, were used as labor on road maintenance and any other job where a bunch of men could be put to work instead of using a tractor. I can remember to this day looking out the window of my Dad’s Studebaker driving along a country road and seeing them in their striped clothes, rifle and shotgun armed guards on the perimeter, and thinking I never want to be one of them. Back to the ACLU, I think they are the reason they don’t exist in the numbers they used to.
An ACLU factoid. Clarence Darrow, an attorney in the Scopes trial was their first big celebrity. In their 1920’s they ran a contest to change their name. The winner was ACLU because who could argue against the words American, Civil Liberties, and Union, which was all the rave back then, unionize everyone. Their original name was associated with the American Communist Party. If you are familiar with your history and the attempt to unionize the textile mills in the South, mostly in SC and NC, you will know that it was violent, and the root agitators where based in New York City, who were tried and convicted for their violent plans to unionize textile factories, and the fact that they were all associated with the communist workers movement.
Release these victims and hand out an 8 figure reperation check and an Obama phone (not to Whitey) as they hit the streets.
BTW, Obama, Biden and VP Harris are all from slave owning bloodlines.
From thew “unsuscribed files.
Oh yeah, Obama’s moma was an informer to the CIA. She got people assassinated. Her son (former POTUS) had his gay lovers from his Church killed on his road to the WH.
“God Bless America”
From the unsubscribed files
“…overcrowding in the Los Angeles County jails a humanitarian crisis…” Obviously Solis is not concerned about the “humanitarian crisis” of the victims of the poor overcrowded criminals. Build more jails…duh.
Liberalism is truly a mental disorder, unique in that it seems to be communicable.
If even the ” ACLU ” thinks your LOONY LEFT idea is too FAR OUT THERE … it really ” OUT THERE ” !!!
I suspect the aclu objected to whitey getting out……
Got to make room for non-communists since they pose a thorn in the side. Also they want the jobs and tax dollars generated from criminal acts.