Finding F11.1
The FIP Program has been managed up to now by its MHA inmate founders, together with Correctional Health Services and sheriff staff. However, as MHAs are sentenced to state prisons or released, the FIP program loses continuity, resulting in weakened leadership.
Jury report: Mental Health Problems in Los Angeles County Jails · PDF page 466
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
County disputes weakened leadership, describing shared LASD/CHS/MHA management and recruitment and training of replacements; it identifies CHS as part of DHS, not DMH.
Read official response · PDF page 60Whole disagreement and reasons clearly address management, MHA departures, continuity, and alleged weakness. Specific replacement and shared-management assertions lack an identified supporting record; absence of observed weakness remains County's claim. Report physical PDF page(s) 466; County response physical PDF page(s) 60. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.