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Mitre-Ramirez, Norma
From: Huizar, Maria
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From: Magallon, Becky
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To: Huizar, Maria <MHuizar@santa-ana.org>
Subject: FW:Jail
Maria,
This email came to the Mayor last night.Thanks.
Becky Magallon Secretary to the City Manager
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From: Brenda Lewis [
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 5:50 PM
To: Pulido, Miguel
Subject: Jail
Hello members of the city council. Tonight the issue of the jail is once
again on the agenda. It has been said by a few council members, the
public and the media that the jail serves no purpose to public safety ,
it's an albatross and a financial disaster. Well I beg to differ. First of
all, I don't know why it's not addressed but at one time the jail was
profitable and the profits went to the city general fund. It could be
profitable again if personal opinion is put aside and proper decisions
are made. Second, regarding public safety. The city jail has provided a
place for the Santa Ana police to bring arrestees and be in and out (
I.E. back on the street ) in a short period of time. If they had to take
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their arrestees to county they would be out of service sometimes for
hours. They also have a place to take drunks, people under the
influence of drugs, mentally ill who commit crimes, Etc. Etc.. to get
them off the streets.( Again and not be at county for hours). The
federal Contract not only provides housing for USM but also a place
for DEA, FBI, Secret Service and others to book drug dealers, bank
robbers, Etc., any time of the day or night. When the ICE Contract
existed, the jail housed felons going through the normal removal
procedure because they committed felonies.. sometimes multiple. . It
did not house "innocent" people whom ICE was not already looking
for. It also provided a place to house people detained under unique
circumstances . For example: numerous detainees whom illegally
floated up on our shores in a Ponga boat in the middle of the night.
Also, at one time we were assisting neighboring cities by taking in
their drunks and we were getting paid for it. The jail DOES provide
public safety in many forms. Public safety is very important and
unfortunately costs money. I'm sure the numbers are available to
prove it is possible to have a profitable working jail..it has been done
before. The powers that be just need to get out of their own way. The
government/ city council are leaders. While it's nice to get public
input, the public doesn't always know what is best for them and it is up
to those leaders to do the right thing for the right reasons while also
keeping within the oath taken to uphold laws and the
constitution. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Brenda Lewis
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