L.A. County Jail Overcrowding: Women serve just 10% of their sentence while men serve 70%

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-03-12 02:41

Article here. Excerpt:

'Roughly 32,000 women pass through the women’s jail system annually at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Bobb reported. It is a modern 1990s jail facility with cells built around a small central area that houses about 2,200 inmates daily.
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Because of jail overcrowding, most women serve just 10% of their sentences -- compared to slightly less than 70% for men. Overcrowding has forced the department to immediately release "any inmate whose sentence is less than 180 days," Bobb wrote.'

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