A popular L.A. sheriff touted reforms in a troubled system. Then a young FBI agent showed up
- Posted on September 14, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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A popular L.A. sheriff touted reforms in a troubled system. Then a young FBI agent showed up
Sheriff Lee Baca promised transparency. He’d won praise for an inmate-education program. But stories persisted of violent and corrupt jailers, of an institutional culture that resisted all efforts to root it out.
