Word: antigang
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sweeping arrests only aggravate another Los Angeles problem: overcrowded jails. The county prison system, designed to hold 12,800, now houses 22,600 inmates. Gates' combined antigang task forces have arrested more than 1,100 gang members in the past five weeks, an impressive performance that is marred by the fact that the county sheriff was forced to give early release to 1,200 prisoners in order to make room for the newcomers. "We have $500 million in jail construction in progress," says James Painter, who, as chief of the Los Angeles sheriff's custody division, oversees a jail system...
...graphic artist, was caught in * the cross fire of rival drug gangs and died on the sidewalk outside a fancy restaurant. The Los Angeles establishment reacted with horror. Newspapers and television headlined the story for days. Police patrols in Westwood tripled, and the L.A.P.D. assigned a 30-member antigang unit to capture Toshima's killer. City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, who represents Westwood and is a likely candidate for mayor, offered a $25,000 reward for information...