L.A. Officials Back Down on Plans To ‘Depopulate’ County Jails, Enact ‘Zero-Bail’ Measures Following Outcry From Cops
The proposal — ‘care first, jails last’ —would have called on police to release violent felons without bail.
Los Angeles County officials have announced they will no longer pursue a plan to reduce the number of inmates in county jails, a move likely to upset some in the criminal justice reform community in America’s most populous county.
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