L.A. County Supervisors Endorse Plan to Replace Men’s Central Jail With Mental Health Facility

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L.A. County Supervisors Endorse Plan to Replace Men's Central Jail With Mental Health Facility

L.A. County Supervisors Endorse Plan to Replace Men’s Central Jail With Mental Health Facility

The Consolidated Correctional Treatment Facility will not be built after all.

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a long-awaited plan to demolish the archaic Men’s Central Jail in Downtown – with a twist.  After four years of pursuing the construction of a 3,885-bed prison focused on mental health treatment, the Supervisors have instead endorsed a plan to build a mental health hospital.

Source: Urbanize LA – Steven Sharp

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