Keep Bailing

The LA County Board of Supervisors agrees with suggestions that the county’s jails need more oversight.

The LA Times Tuesday reported that two proposals; which provide for greater employee scrutiny; were unanimously approved.

One of the plans, backed by Supervisor Gloria Molina, called for implementing recommendations made earlier by an outside monitor, including installing surveillance cameras, eliminating the use of heavy flashlights and steel-toed shoes, and banning deputies from striking inmates in the head.

The other plan, backed by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, establishes a commission to conduct an independent review of the complaints and “restore public confidence” by recommending potential solutions. The committee members would be appointed by supervisors by November 1 and report back within 120 days.

Yaroslavsy hopes the plans will help restore public confidence in the Los Angeles County Jail system.