Orange County leaders recommend jail reform, but can it be done?

Orange County leaders recommend jail reform, but can it be done?

After four months of discussion between leaders across Orange County, a flurry of recommendations for jail reform was released Wednesday — but challenges remain for implementing these changes. The Orange County Jail Oversight Commission was brought back in January after a nearly 25-year hiatus to address issues going on at the jail, such as rising inmate population, The commission is full of law enforcement leaders, mental and physical health of…