CRM/LAW C115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psych

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C115
• Professor: Susan Turner

Document Summary

Probation chief in los angeles county (prison guard) The fundamental difference: 20% of the people we supervise in the county are ab109, the other 80% are federal offender. Jail: less than half are sentenced (it depends on county) In la county, about 50% are pretrial and about 50% are sentenced. I(cid:374) la (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:455), (cid:455)ou"re (cid:374)ot likel(cid:455) to go to jail for pretrial (cid:373)isde(cid:373)ea(cid:374)or. There"s (cid:374)ot e(cid:374)ough roo(cid:373) i(cid:374) the fa(cid:272)ilities. The problem with bail: people (cid:449)ho are poor a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it a serious (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e retai(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) jail, a person who committed a violent crime can be released from custody because they can make bail. The largest mental health facility in the us is the twin towers facility in los angeles: 4,000 people who are mentally ill. The california federal budget for the system is 12 billion dollars: the most expensive system (per capita for inmates) in the united states, the courts drive much of the cost in california.