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| This South L.A. corner is no place for ex-inmates to reenter society, critics say |
| By latimes.com- Emily Alpert Reyes |
| Published: 01/26/2016 |
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The South Los Angeles intersection of Vernon and Western avenues is anchored by a liquor store and a boarded-up mini-mall. Murders have roiled the area over the last year — including a recent drive-by shooting before noon. Neighbors complain that prostitutes and drug dealers linger nearby. At a recent hearing at City Hall, community members and activists argued it was no place for people trying to shake off a criminal past. They denounced the plans of a company that wants to open a Vernon Avenue residential facility that would provide services to scores of former inmates. "If you want to put parolees in an environment where there's drugs, prostitution, gang war … all the vices that will send them back to jail, I think this is the location," said Karim Zaman, a businessman who said he had heard fatal gunshots across the street from his Vernon Avenue office. Read More. |
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