Supes approve commission on jail violence

By Kevin Roderick | October 18, 2011 4:55 PM

The new Citizens Commission on Jail Violence, created today on a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors, will have seven members yet to be named. The Supes also OK'd a list of jail reforms, which Witness L.A. details.


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