To the editor: I would like to reply to The Occasions’ editorial and share why I opposed the jail depopulation movement.
The Board of Supervisors can not micromanage our means out of jail overcrowding. The sheriff runs the jails, police make arrests, the district lawyer determines expenses and the courts set bail and sentences. Any resolution to the overcrowding in our jails depends upon the collaboration of all these companies.
I opposed this movement as a result of it was written with out listening to native police departments inside our county. The police chiefs I talked to wish to be a part of this resolution, however they have been not noted of this proposal and thought it compromised public security.
Sheriff Robert Luna ought to lead this effort transferring ahead. We want him to convey a plan to scale back overcrowding in our jails to the Board of Supervisors quickly for the sake of these incarcerated within the jails and the individuals who work with them.
Janice Hahn, San Pedro
The creator is chair of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and represents the county’s 4th Supervisorial District.
