Vote to revamp jails is delayed
The Board of Supervisors postponed a decision Tuesday on spending $672 million to revamp Los Angeles County’s strained jail system so Sheriff’s Department and other county officials could better explain the idea to city leaders in Lancaster and Palmdale.
County executives say they will spend the next three weeks informing city officials about their plan to build a $330-million facility at the Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster. The plan also calls for improvements at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, a new jail to house female inmates at the now-closed Sybil Brand Institute in Monterey Park, and the eventual shutdown of the long-troubled Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.
Supervisors on Tuesday approved applying for a $100-million state grant to help fund the proposal.
They will discuss the plan April 8.
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-- Jean-Paul Renaud
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