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The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said the rollout of body-worn cameras by deputies in jails began Oct. 1.

The department said the cameras will be useful for “enhancing transparency and accountability” inside the jails.

Men’s Central Jail is on track to see its most in-custody deaths in a single year in at least two decades.

Los Angeles County’s jails are set to be under the watch of thousands of new digital eyes.

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has purchased 4,641 body-worn cameras for deputies to wear in the facilities, which have seen a spike in inmate deaths this year.

The department has also reached an agreement to implement the technology with the labor unions that

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