Several dozen activists and family members of prison inmates gathered outside the L.A. County Board of Supervisors office today to protest the transfer of hundreds of L.A. inmates to Kern County. The supervisors agreed in September to a five-year contract that will move 500 long-term inmates to the Taft Community Correctional Facility, freeing up beds in L.A. county jails for inmates to complete their full sentences. Today, they approved the budget — 10 million dollars. The Board also voted to authorize 29.3 million for jail reforms.
“We’re fired up, can’t take it no more!” chanted the protesters at today’s event. To hear more voices, listen to an audio story from Annenberg Radio News:
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