Citing “inhumane conditions” and a “shocking rate of deaths,” Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday announced that the state is suing Los Angeles County over conditions in its jail system.

“We can’t wait any longer,” Bonta said at a press conference. “We need comprehensive reform and we need it now.”

The lawsuit, filed on Monday, seeks to compel the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Correctional Health Services to implement widespread changes, including to its health care, conditions of confinement and grievance procedures.

“Our lawsuit will be the driving impetus to make those changes reality,” said Bonta. “Every person in custody deserves safety, health care, dignity.”

About 14,000 people on average are housed in L.A.’s jail on a daily basis. The state’s lawsuit said they ha

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