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Los Angeles County Jail Gets Positive Results From Democracy Experiment
August 19, 2015 /
n the nation’s largest county jail system, where violence and substandard living conditions have long been the norm, the inmate councils may be part of a larger shift toward more humane treatment of inmates, as a federal judge oversees reforms and a plan to replace the dungeon-like Men’s Central Jail moves forward.
"Is there a need for them to attack each other, burn a barrack down or attack police? No. This gives them another way of venting," said Capt. Chuck Antuna, who ran South Facility until recently and started the councils to give inmates a voice.
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