CBS LA
WESTLAKE DISTRICT — Los Angeles police are helping oversee paroled prisoners who have been released under the state’s controversial prison realignment program.
About 4,000 prisoners have been released from state prisons without the supervision and strict rules of the state’s parole department. These prisoners were put under the supervision of the Los Angeles County Probation Department and when the county office was overwhelmed, the Los Angeles Police Department moved an estimated 150 officers to head the compliance units that visit paroled prisoners.
KCAL9′s political reporter Dave Bryan joined the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division on Monday as a compliance unit conducted checks on five of the 250 paroled felons in their district.
Full story: Questions Of Parolee Supervision Persist In State’s Prison Realignment Program