also many have been convicted of NOTHING (but poverty....ie to poor to make bail while awaiting trial, so they end up in this outdoor oven)

Of course the biggest issue is the inhumanity, but from a financial standpoint, does the relatively small amount of money saved by tent city justify the risk of a multi million dollar lawsuit when (and it’s a matter of time) an inmate dies of heat stroke? Most in tent city are not guilty of any crime but poverty (ie…