Supervisors call for jail reforms

Disturbed by reports of deputies beating inmates at county jails, the Board of Supervisors urged Sheriff Lee Baca on Tuesday to install surveillance cameras and implement other reforms that had been proposed years ago but never implemented. Christina Villacorte in the Daily News,

It also voted to create a five-member Citizens Commission to review alleged abuse and recommend changes.

"I think it's fair to say accountability at the Sheriff's Department is long overdue," said Supervisor Gloria Molina, who listed a dozen changes she wanted to the sheriff to consider making in county jails.

"The very credibility of the Sheriff's Department is at stake."