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| More than 7,000 paroled LA felons considered 'at large' |
| By NBC4.tv |
| Published: 07/11/2005 |
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More than 7,000 felons have failed to report to their parole agents in Los Angeles County (Calif.) and are considered "at large," with warrants issued for their arrest, it was reported last Tuesday. As of last month, nearly 20 percent of the 35,500 parolees released in Los Angeles County had failed to report -- accounting for more than one-third of the 19,380 parole violators statewide, the Daily News reported, citing California Corrections Department documents show. With nearly 114,000 parolees across the state and just 3,100 parole employees, analysts say the figures highlight a system in dire need of funding and reform, according to the newspaper. "We have too many inmates and not enough (rehabilitation) programs," Daniel Macallair, executive director of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in Oakland, said in remarks reported by the Daily News. "And when they do come out, the most neglected area is the entire field of parole. "We are not able to provide any kind of meaningful re-entry services to help them make the transition from prisons to the streets. You couldn't invent a worse system. You don't have to be a social scientist to figure out what the consequences of this are going to be." Late last month, Jose Orozco -- a career criminal who had not reported to his parole agent since early this year, according to the Daily News -- was arrested in the slaying of sheriff's Deputy Jerry Ortiz, who was shot in the face in Hawaiian Gardens. Parolees are generally released in the county where they last lived before being sent to prison. With 31 percent, Los Angeles County has by far the greatest number of parolees in California, according to the Daily News. |
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