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New Los Angeles Central Jail Finally Opens

By Neil Shous, Esq.

The ?new? Los Angeles central jail is up and running as of yesterday, despite the fact that it was more or less completed almost two years ago. Why the delay? Because the city?s hiring freeze made it so that the Los Angeles Police Department couldn?t hire any new detention officers to staff the new 172,000 square foot facility. After fighting a losing battle to obtain an exemption from the hiring freeze, the LAPD Police Chief shut down four of their smaller jails to free up more detention officers to help run the new facility. And in a controversial move, the Chief decided to take 90 sworn police officers off the streets so that they could fully staff the jail. This group of officers will work in the new facility for about six months when they will be replaced by a new group who will rotate in...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).