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Can LA Supervisors Get a Handle on LA County Jails?
LA County Supervisors have stepped into the controversy over brutality by deputies against inmates in Sheriff Lee Baca's County jails.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLA County Supervisors have stepped into the controversy over brutality by deputies against inmates in Sheriff Lee Baca's County jails. The ACLU has reported numerous incidents of violence, intimidation and excessive force, backed by civilian witnesses. The Board is asking the Sheriff to implement specific recommendations made by a Special Counsel and the Office of Independent Review. It'll appoint a seven-person commission and provide it with staff to investigate and make new recommendations.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Zev Yaroslavsky
Director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Former member of LA City Council and LA Board of Supervisors
Lee Baca
Sheriff of Los Angeles County
Peter Eliasberg
ACLU of Southern California
The full episode
1 of 2Supervisors Vote for Outside Oversight over County Jails- 0:00Can LA Supervisors Get a Handle on LA County Jails?You’re reading this
- 26:20After a Contentious Debate, Where Does the GOP Go from Here?