LOS ANGELES—Hoping to relieve the overload of seriously mentally ill inmates in its jail system, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on May 16 authorized the conversion of space at the Twin Towers downtown jail into a 16-bed unit to evaluate and treat inmates suffering from “acute mental health illness.”
The facility—dubbed an Acute Intervention Module—will be designated to treat, evaluate, and assess inmates who are determined to be a danger to themselves and others, according to a motion introduced by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn.
It will “provide short term, intensive care, evaluation and treatment and further assessment,” according to the motion….