Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why LA dropped a $1.7 billion plan to redesign the county jail
Overcrowding and insufficient staffing plagues the L.A. County Jail, which is one of the most notorious in the nation for squalid conditions.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOvercrowding and insufficient staffing plagues the L.A. County Jail, which is one of the most notorious in the nation for squalid conditions. There was a $1.7 billion plan to rebuild it, but on Tuesday, the County Supervisors said the plan was not good enough.
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The full episode
1 of 5Can LA be the next Napa Valley?- 0:00Why LA dropped a $1.7 billion plan to redesign the county jailYou’re reading this
- 8:06Stocks tumbled today. Are we heading toward a recession?
- 16:05What it's like being a professional matchmaker for Silicon Valley millionaires
- 25:47A million black farmers are cheated out of their land in the Mississippi Delta
- 37:40How one company hopes to revive wine production in LA