Baca warns of prisoner releasle

Nearly 4,000 jail inmates would be released early and about 600 deputy and professional positions would be eliminated to meet budget cuts, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Monday.AP in the Daily News.

Owing to the current economic crisis, the Sheriff's Department faces a $71 million cut to its $2.5 billion budget in the coming fiscal year.

Baca told The Associated Press it looks as if he'll have to close two jails and eliminate the positions of the staff at those facilities.