Editorial: A shiny new jail in L.A. is a bad idea, no matter what it’s called
LA TimesMen’s Central Jail, shown in 2019. Yet all those fancy labels are just euphemisms for “jail.” They all describe a single large, secure building, located on the footprint of Men’s Central Jail, surrounded by other jails, and staffed by sheriff’s deputies. Opinion Editorial: Start the demolition countdown at Men’s Central Jail Los Angeles County’s progress in rolling back needless incarceration and building up a care-based response to public safety has been extraordinary. That plan is stuck in limbo in part because the population of Men’s Central Jail remains too high — by about 4,000 people — to close the facility. Opinion Editorial: Unconscionable abuse and shameful inaction at L.A. County jails Political cowardice has given us a half-century of increasingly inhuman incarceration conditions and has diminished safety both inside and outside Los Angeles County jails.
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Who’s in charge of finally closing Men’s Central Jail? It’s TBD
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‘Pendulum has swung’: Supervisors signal shift on Men’s Central Jail closure plan
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State regulators find mold, broken toilets, missing fire safety records in L.A. County jails
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Advocates push to limit solitary confinement in California jails
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Deaths in L.A. County jails are the result of a system that places incarceration above all else
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Under pressure, Board of Supervisors pulls unpopular motion to decrease jail population
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Why is L.A.'s cruel Men's Central Jail still open on shutdown date?
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Three inmates died in Los Angeles County jails in just over a week
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Federal judge imposes limits on L.A. County jail after ACLU sues over ‘barbaric’ conditions
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After years of talk, little progress on closing L.A. County’s aging jail
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L.A. County seeks plan to close aging Men’s Central Jail in a year
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6 inmates, 2 jailers hospitalized after ‘toxic substance’ exposure at women’s jail in Lynwood
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