Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff

By LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times, Christopher Goffard

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Pandora’s Box: The Fall of L.A.’s Sheriff is a six-part podcast exploring the crisis that toppled one of the country’s most prominent lawmen, Lee Baca. Rising from humble beginnings, he presented himself as a reformer when he took over the scandal-plagued agency in 1998. He vowed that he would be sheriff as long as he lived, and voters seemed to approve. But inside the massive jail system he ran, claims of inmate abuse kept surfacing. When a young FBI agent found an inmate willing to talk, it triggered an unprecedented clash between two massive law agencies…and a cover-up that went to the top.

Episode Date
The Other Side of the Door: The Case Against Lee Baca
Dec 12, 2025
The Generals: Power, Deception and a Cover-Up that Goes to the Top
Dec 12, 2025
Inside Man: A Jailer Turns Informant
Dec 12, 2025
Gunning Up: L.A. County’s Top Cop Versus the Feds
Dec 12, 2025
The Ghost: An Inmate Disappears in L.A. County Jail
Dec 12, 2025
The Dungeon: Inside Men’s Central Jail
Dec 12, 2025