L.A. County supervisors may scrap jail project to focus on mental health treatment

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is considering canceling a $1.7-billion contract to replace the dungeon-like Men’s Central Jail downtown amid growing unease about whether the county’s incarceration policy prioritizes mental health treatment.

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-08/supervisors-reconsider-la-jail-project
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