L.A. County jails settlement

Cap­ping years of scan­dal, the Los Angeles County Sher­iff’s De­part­ment has agreed to fed­er­al over­sight and un­der­take sweep­ing re­forms aimed end­ing deputy ab­use of in­mates as well as im­prov­ing chron­ic­ally poor treat­ment for men­tally ill in­mates.