NEW FENCE SOUGHT AT PITCHESS JAIL FUNDS EXPECTED TO BE OK'D INMATES MAKE SHANKS OUT OF OLD BARRIER.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer The county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. on Tuesday Tuesday: see week. is expected to spend $122,000 to replace a worn-out fence at Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
The shanks and tattlers are wading bird species in a number of genera characterised by a medium length bill and long, often brightly coloured legs. . The fence is at the Castaic jail complex's East facility and has been there since the facility was built. "The chain-link fence is deteriorating de·te·ri·o·rate v. de·te·ri·o·rat·ed, de·te·ri·o·rat·ing, de·te·ri·o·rates v.tr. To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value: , it is old and the inmates have actually been using it to make shanks," said Anna Pembedjian, a deputy to Supervisor Michael Antonovich. The board is also scheduled to review a plan for putting more inmates in the Castaic jail complex's South facility. The Sheriff's Department has been putting inmates in the facility as authorities seek to ease overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. by using more existing jail space. But they also need money to pay for more sheriff's deputies to supervise inmates. "What's still at issue is how many beds were funded, and how many remain in need of funding and where will that funding come from," Pembedjian said. The overall goal is to have 1,536 inmates in the South facility. About 800 inmates are already at the South facility. Between now and September, authorities want to put another 700 there. The Sheriff's Department is asking for another $4.4 million to reach that goal. That's on top of $7.2 million the Board of Supervisors provided last month to house more than 250 inmates at the facility to reach the goal. "The goal of opening South facility is to make sure we maximize and use every bed in the system," Pembedjian said. "The problem is you have jail overcrowding, which has resulted in early release of inmates." alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 |
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