L.A. County Votes To Send Inmates to Kern County Facility
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to send 512 county inmates to a facility in Kern County to help curb overcrowding in jails. Under the five-year agreement, the Taft Community Correctional Facility will house the inmates for a cost of up to $75 million.
- "LA County To Send Hundreds of Jail Inmates to Kern County" (Palta, "KPCC News," KPCC, 9/24).