Retired federal Judge Lourdes G. Baird was appointed Monday to the newly formed County Commission on Jail Violence where she will probe allegations of brutality and abuse against inmates by Los Angeles deputies at Men’s Central Jail.
Baird, 76, served as a judge in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California for 13 years before stepping down in 2005.
"Judge Baird is a person of impeccable integrity, wisdom and independence,” County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said in a statement.
Yaroslavsky nominated Baird and helped establish the commission.
“As this region's top federal prosecutor and one of the most respected federal judges in the district, she earned a reputation as a 'straight shooter' who lets the facts dictate her conclusions,” Yaroslavsky said.
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