Budget Crisis Leaves Los Angeles’ $74 Million Jail Empty
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on June 21, 2010
Gross overcrowding in one jail and no money to staff the other one
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By JOHN ADAMS
The brand new, state-of-the-art Metropolitan Detention Center remains empty because the cash-strapped Los Angeles Police Department lacks the funds to staff it.
The $70 million, 172,000-square-foot, five-floor structure jail is one of the largest of its kind, but because of the city’s budget problems, the LAPD can’t hire enough jailers to operate it, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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