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May 1, 2019

A New Purpose

Los Angeles County Commissioner Jerry Marshak works to find alternatives to incarceration for some defendants.

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Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles County Superior Court

LOS ANGELES — If Commissioner Jerry Marshak sentences someone to jail, they won’t be bussed to a compound on the outskirts of the county. They’ll be housed right across the street.

Situated yards away from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, Marshak presides over one of the AB 109 courtrooms in the discreetly monolithic Central Arraignment Courthouse. Signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2011, the law was intended t... (continued)

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