Biometrics Giant Accenture Quietly Took Over LA Residents’ Jail Reform Plan

Biometrics Giant Accenture Quietly Took Over LA Residents’ Jail Reform Plan

In November 2020, Los Angeles voters moved to radically transform the way the county handled incarceration. That year, Angelenos filled the streets, joining worldwide protests after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The mood was ripe for change, and a ballot initiative known as Measure J passed with 57 percent support, amending the LA County charter so that jailing people before trial would be treated as a last resort. Ten percen…