Los Angeles officials have formed a new subcommittee tasked with solving the overcrowded conditions that plague jails in the area, a statement said Wednesday.
The multi-department Jail Overcrowding Subcommittee of the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee will work with a consultant on a one-to-two-year project to root out inefficiencies leading to overcrowding and develop a strategy to fix them, according to the statement from Los Angeles County Chief Executive Officer William Fujioka.
Jail overcrowding presents security risks, limits the amount of rehabilitative services that can be offered, and contributes to ineffective use of resources, Fujioka said.
Overcrowded conditions have led to a federally imposed population cap of 20,000 inmates, as well as the Sheriff's Department's early release policies, he said.
More than 70 percent of inmates in the county jail system are on pre-trial status, according to Sheriff's Department statistics.
Source:Xinhua
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