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What former LA sheriff Baca's guilty plea means for department reforms
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Feb 11, 2016
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What former LA sheriff Baca's guilty plea means for department reforms
Miriam Krinsky, former head of the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence, explains how the sheriff's department has changed since Baca's tenure.
On Monday Dec. 9 Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca held a press conference to respond to the F.B.I. arrests of 17 Los Angeles sheriff's deputies.
On Monday Dec. 9 Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca held a press conference to respond to the F.B.I. arrests of 17 Los Angeles sheriff's deputies.
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Miriam Krinsky, former head of the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence, explains how the sheriff's department has changed since Baca's tenure.

Former Los Angeles county sheriff Lee Baca has pleaded guilty in an on-going federal investigation into brutality within the jails, as well as a cover-up by sheriff's officials.

In a deal with the U.S. attorney's office, Baca admits he lied during a probe into his department's dealings stretching back to 2011.

Take Two talks with Miriam Krinsky, former head of the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence, about whether this marks the end of a long-running saga and how the department has changed since that time.