The following is a public safety update from 5th District Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich:
JAIL POPULATION AS OF JAN. 10, 2014:
5,805 state prisoners are serving their sentences in county jail.
More than 530 inmates have been sentenced to jail terms of five years to 42 years in county jail meant to house inmates for less than one year.
PROBATION POPULATION:
Eligibility does not consider full criminal history it only considers the very last offense.
Mentally-disordered offenders were not supposed to be eligible for probation supervision.
However, the state has re-classified these offenders in some cases to make them eligible just prior to release from prison — we have 17 such cases in the county. More recently, certain 3-strikers and offenders convicted of assault with a deadly weapon are also eligible for probation supervision.
AS OF JAN. 10, 2014:
– 10,965 – 63.3% are high risk offenders
– 6,076 – 35.1% are medium risk offenders
– 246 -1.4% are low risk offenders
– 611 are registered sex offenders
– 1,142 have been turned over to the federal authorities for deportation
– 24,742 arrests were made for new offenses (some were arrested multiple times)
– 326 are on electronic/GPS monitoring which does not prevent or deter crime
The Governor failed to expand existing contracts with in-state and out-of-state detention facilities in order to avoid implementing realignment and the increased crime that followed after its implementation. The operation and fiscal burden imposed on the 58 counties was unnecessary given the availability of cost-effective solutions to protect public safety.
