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Revamped jail means tailored treatment of inmates with mental health issues
By signalscv.com- Jim Holt
Published: 06/22/2018

County supervisors voted Tuesday to renovate county jails, approving $2.21 billion to build a new Men’s Central Jail, and $12 million to renovate the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic.

Citing medical and mental health services urgently needed for a growing number of inmates, The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a budget set up for jail renovation — called the Consolidated Correctional Treatment Facility Construction and Renovation Project — and the report detailing its anticipated impact on the environment.

The upgrades are also expected to provide additional health services for inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems, according to officials.

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