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    Sheriff's Department gets $4 billion amid 'unconscionable' conditions in LA jails

    by Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times Jun 27, 2023 4 minutes
    Tennel Crook, right, holds a sign at the Board of Supervisors meeting Monday indicating that her son, Kamren Lee Nettles, was the 15th inmate to die in Los Angeles County custody this year.

    Los Angeles County supervisors approved a $43.4-billion budget Monday, saying they hoped it will fix the failing jails and juvenile halls while acknowledging the board's failures to successfully oversee the departments in the past.

    The budget for the fiscal year beginning Saturday is bigger than many state budgets and will fund a workforce of more than 114,000. Roughly $5 billion of the total will flow into the county's two most troubled agencies — $4 billion for the Sheriff's Department and $1 billion for the Probation Department.

    The budget approval followed hours of testimony, much of it urging funding cuts to

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