New at L.A. County Jail: Inmates serve half sentences
"I already didn’t feel safe in my own neighborhood," says lifetime Sherman Oaks resident Ron Sorrentino. "Now this … it’s not good. Law enforcement is crying out louder than citizens like Sorrentino, analysts say. "Cops know that many people serving time for nonviolent offenses may also have committed violent crimes for which they did not get caught. And even the nonviolent offenses are worrisome," says Jack Pitney, political scientist at Claremont McKenna College.
"I already didn’t feel safe in my own neighborhood," says lifetime Sherman Oaks resident Ron Sorrentino. "Now this … it’s not good. Law enforcement is crying out louder than citizens like Sorrentino, analysts say. "Cops know that many people serving time for nonviolent offenses may also have committed violent crimes for which they did not get caught. And even the nonviolent offenses are worrisome," says Jack Pitney, political scientist at Claremont McKenna College.
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