Inmates: county jails.

Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish and operate facilities to be known as community correctional centers, and authorizes the secretary to enter into contracts with appropriate public or private agencies to provide housing, sustenance, and supervision for inmates who are eligible for placement in those facilities. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors to enter into a contract with other public agencies, upon agreement with the sheriff or director of the county department of corrections, to provide housing for inmates sentenced to a county jail in community correctional facilities, as specified, and requires that those facilities comply with minimum standards for local detention facilities. This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, upon agreement with the sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, to enter into a contract with private agencies to provide housing for those inmates. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.