AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - April 11, 2013 Inside Author Maxine Thompson, April 13Inglewood Public Library to Feature This Issue Calendar...............................2 Classifieds ...........................3 Food ......................................8 In recognition of National Library Week, local author, publisher, and literary agent Dr. Maxine Thompson will speak about electronic publishing Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the Inglewood Main Library’s Gladys Waddingham Lecture Hall, 101 W. Manchester Boulevard. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Inglewood Public Library’s Information Desk at 310-412-5380 or visit http://library.cityofinglewood.org. Photo courtesy of the Inglewood Public Library. Hawthorne Happenings......3 The Real Cost of Realignment Courtesy of the 40 are serving sentences between 8 and 40 FBI for the first six months of 2012, California Criminal Justice League foundation years. Currently there are more than 43,000 saw across-the-board increases in all crime While academics, politicians and corrections inmates serving sentences in local jails rather categories after 15 years of declining crime. Legals ...............................3-6 officials have been lauding the success of than state prison. This is expected to increase Among the most alarming findings was a 7.6 Governor Jerry Brown’s “Public Safety to 52,000 by 2014. Under Realignment, L.A. percent increase in homicide. The victims Realignment” law (AB109) at reducing the County misdemeanor offenders are serving include four people murdered execution style state prison population, the law’s historic shift about 10 to 15 percent of their sentences prior in a Northridge boarding house on December in responsibility for most felons to California to release. Once maximum jail capacities are 2, 2012. Habitual felon Ka Pasasouk, who Sanctuary ............................2 counties has had a major negative impact met, the amount of time served will continue was free on probation due to Realignment, in many L.A. area communities. Prior to to decrease. was arrested for the killings. Realignment, only inmates awaiting trial for Crime reports from both the L.A. County More recently, police were searching cases such as murder were in jail longer than Sheriff and Probation Departments indicate for Tobias Dustin Summers for the March a year. Today, habitual criminals convicted of that property crimes across the county have 24, early morning bedroom abduction of a most theft and drug felonies and some types increased dramatically over the last 12 months. 10-year-old southern California girl. The Sports...................................2 of assault, can receive multi-year sentences For example, burglaries have increased by 175 victim was found 12 hours later wandering in local jails, which were not designed for percent in Hawaiian Gardens, 172 percent in near a Starbucks several miles from her home. long term inmates. Counties face increased Walnut, 130 percent in Lomita, 100 percent She had been sexually assaulted. In spite of threats to public safety as some prisoners, even in Artesia, 92 percent in La Mirada, 80 prior convictions for robbery, auto theft, and repeat offenders, are released early because percent in Rosemead, 50 percent in Compton, kidnapping, Summers was released from prison jails simply do not have the resources or the 45 percent in South Los Angeles, and 32 to county probation instead of state parole capacity needed to handle the influx. County percent in Cerritos. Auto theft has jumped under Realignment. He served six days in jails are not only expected to provide room for by 365 percent in Artesia, 152 percent in jail last January for violating probation which Weekend treatment, rehabilitation, and recreation. The in Maywood, 92 percent in Bellflower, 73 being sent back to state prison.Referring to this case Foundation Presidentbefore Realignment would have resulted in hisCrescenta Valley, 120 percent in San Dimas,100 percent in Marina Del Rey, 107 percentrealigned criminals, money must also be foundto fund prison programs such as education, Forecast only expected to increase (KTVU, February 28). 50 percent in Palmdale. owns Realignment. He supported its passage,Michael Rushford said, “Governor Brownpercent in Cudahy, 57 percent in Duarte, andnumber of criminals needing these services is According to L.A. County Supervisor The Sacramento-based Criminal Justice he signed it into law, he defends it, and he Michael D. Antonovich, there have been Legal Foundation has been tracking crime in refuses to abolish it in the face of the crimes 11,473 criminals sentenced to LA County jail California communities since Realignment took like this it has caused. 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