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Los Angeles County Jail Home Detention Program a Failure

The Los Angeles County Jail’s early release program began in the late 1980s as a result of an adverse finding by a federal judge that the jail’s overcrowding amounted to an 8th Amendment violation for cruel and unusual punishment. Since that time, several early-release programs have been attempted, but many have failed. The latest early

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