Judge Orders Plan for Jail Improvements
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A federal judge who expressed disgust over conditions in the Men’s Central Jail has ordered the creation of an expert panel to supervise reforms at the facility.
The order released Monday by U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson gives the panel 60 days to develop a comprehensive plan including “immediate measures for improvement” for the nation’s largest county jail. He called overcrowding there “not consistent with basic human values” after touring the jail in May.
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