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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jan. 19, 2008

In and Out and In Again: Repairing Los Angeles' Criminal Justice Conveyer Belt

Forum Column - By Joe Domanick - A conveyer-belt system of criminal justice in California has led to overcrowded prisons and a sea of ex-convicts who are without the resources they need to survive on the outside.

FORUM COLUMN

By Joe Domanick
This article appears on Page 6.

      Recently, I asked Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Charlie Beck what accounted for his transformation from a hard-nosed, old-line cop into an innovative, big-picture police leader. "Initially, you start out," Beck replied, "and all you care about are the nuts and bolts of what you're doing. And then, after you become more comfortable with the nuts and bo...

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