March 2, 2010
Sheriff Baca proposes Castaic jail shutdown in budget move
Asked to slash his department budget by $128 million, Sheriff Lee Baca has proposed a near shutdown of the 1,900-bed Castaic jail and ordering his command staff, including himself, to go back out on patrol, officials said Tuesday.
Baca said he would move nearly all the inmates and staff out of the North Facility at the Pitchess Detention Center, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. The proposal would save the department $26 million.
And in an effort to reduce overtime, Baca is ordering his sergeants, lieutenants, captains, commanders, chiefs and assistant sheriffs to go back out on patrol that would otherwise be done by deputies forced to work overtime...
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
