Zhoie Perez, a 51-year-old transgender woman, missed her court date due to a lack of transportation from Los Angeles County jails. The Sheriff's Department's aging bus fleet, often reduced to less than half operational, struggles to transport about 3,000 inmates daily. This chronic failure has resulted in widespread missed court dates, causing delays in legal processes and rehabilitation programs. Notably, public defenders reveal that on some days, all scheduled transports may fail due to bus unavailability. This ongoing issue highlights significant challenges within the justice and correctional systems in Los Angeles County.
"Sometimes we'll start the day and every single person is a miss-out, and some days, the only way we're getting two or three people to court is because the sheriffs at our branch are physically going to the jail and picking people up themselves."
"Over the last seven years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has routinely struggled to fulfill a core task of its eight jails: making sure inmates show up for their court dates."
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