To the editor: Governor Gavin Newsom is right when closing the California rehabilitation center (“Norco prison corrections officers make a plea to keep it open,” September 20). It is expensive and wrong to suggest reopening prisons or prisons that we have already decided to close.
CRC is insecure and outdated, with An estimated $ 1.1 billion in necessary repairs, A story of Violations of the American Law with disabilities and extreme heat. The city of Norco has welcomed the closure and is anxious to reuse the historical site for economic development and community benefit.
Some claim that the realignment of the bill 109 of the Assembly, the 2011 law that changed some people from a state prison to the county jail, is an overwhelming prisons. But the Sheriff Department The own data show otherwise: only about 7% of people in Los Angeles prisons are complying with those prayers, as the Los Angeles Times article points out. True drivers are in other places. More than half Of people in custody remain prior to trial without convictions, and thousands of mental health needs remain imprisoned because the county has not been able to create treatment beds.
Stop looking at any prison or closed jail in response. Revolve the communities they pressed for closing and did not fix the unconstitutional conditions alleged in Atty. The demand of General Rob Bonta or addresses why so many people remain in custody.
Brian Kaneda, Los Angeles
This writer is deputy director of Californians United for a responsible budget.
