by Bob Walsh
U.
S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilkins has ordered the California
Dept. of Corrections (and rehabilitation) to begin issuing and using
body cameras to it's Correctional Officers within five months.
OK,
it isn't as expansive as it could be. The Dept. is, depending on what
day of the week it is, the second or third largest law enforcement
organization in the country with over 30,000 peace officers. That would
be a lot of damn body cameras. The order applies (for the nonce) only
to those Correctional Officers assigned to the Otay Mesa (San Diego)
facility that are interacting with disabled inmates.
The
judge has also ordered that surveillance cameras be installed in many
areas of the prison and that a third-party monitoring service be hired
to oversee the system.
The judge believes that custody staff are being excessively mean to disabled inmates. She could be right.
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