By Frank Stoltze
September 26, 2017
It was an unusual scene on Temple Street outside Tuesday's meeting of the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: 100 grey metal bunk beds were
blocking traffic.
They were there as part of a protest against the county's plans to build a
new jail in downtown L.A. for mentally ill inmates. The 3,885 bed facility
would replace the aging Men's Central Jail. The lockup is part of an
estimated $2 billion jail expansion project that includes a new women's jail
at the Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster.