JAIL POLICY CUTS PRISONER ATTACKS.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer Even as several major disturbances have rocked the county jail system, the number of inmate attacks is down 21 percent so far this year, sheriff's officials said. Authorities credit the drop to new policies that segregate seg·re·gate v. seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates v.tr. 1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. inmates and a new inmate classification and assignment system. Cmdr. Don Rodriguez of Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
``It's reduced the number of maximum-security inmates we've had up here,'' he said. For the first nine months of last year, there were 891 inmate-on-inmate assaults at all county jails, officials said. Over the same time this year, there were 703 assaults, said Sgt. Bob Blanks. Inmate assaults on jail personnel are down 35 percent, dropping from 116 last year to 75 so far this year, he said. Data for a similar period for Pitchess Detention Center were not available, but Rodriguez said assaults also are down at the jail complex -- even though the center was rocked by race-related disturbances in February and July. The new classification and assignment system began this spring with a centralized housing unit that separates inmates based on propensity for violence. Previously, officials at each jail decided where to house individual inmates. The centralized housing unit now can more easily group similar inmates in facilities and hold jail authorities accountable for inmate assignments. ``In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently : `Why did you send him in with the sharks when you know he's going to be eaten up?''' said sheriff's Chief Sam Jones Sam Jones or Samuel Jones may refer to: In entertainment:
The Sheriff's Department now is in the process of implementing a computer system that will automatically assign a specific bunk to each inmate based on how he's classified. The new system has allowed Pitchess Detention Center to stop housing all levels of inmates at its various facilities, and instead put high-security inmates only at the North County Correctional Facility North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is a Los Angeles County Jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Located approximately 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is one of four jails located within the Pitchess Detention Center (named after former , which was designed for serious offenders, Rodriguez said. About 400 of the facility's inmates are high-security. Recently, many of the county's high-security inmates have been sent to Twin Towers Correctional Facility The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex erected in Los Angeles, California to house inmates of the Los Angeles County Courts. It is the world’s largest jail. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , officials said. alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 |
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