L.A. County officials vows ‘no more jails,’ just mental health centers. Can it really happen?

Facing protests from jail-reform activists and a desire to reshape the county’s criminal justice system, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors scrapped a $1.7 billion contract to build a mental health treatment center near the antiquated Men’s Central Jail. But the reversal — and the lack of a specific plan to replace it — has many stakeholders asking: What now?

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-24/jail-replacement-mental-health-facility-inmate-supervisors-criminal-justice-reform
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