Legal Trend. Body Cameras for Prison Guards

What’s the deal? Body cameras are the norm for law enforcement. California is paying for body cameras for corrections officers to gain transparency on the treatment of disabled prisoners. Its the result of a lawsuit alleging mistreatment of disabled prisoners.

Why should we care? Transparency. Everyone loves calling for it. For the state of California to supply body cameras and security cameras to corrections facilities, it carries a price tag of $30.5 million over the course of three fiscal years to pay for the installation of security and body cameras.

How can this impact me? Look for this California pilot project to be modeled elsewhere that the management of corrections facilities is at issue.

Sacramento Bee via Governing | California to Require Body Cams on Correctional Officers