State officials are budgeting more than $90 million to increase the number of prison guards who wear body cameras.
The Sacramento Bee reported that the purchase of the cameras will bring the state into compliance with a court order following a lawsuit by disabled inmates who claimed they were beaten by guards at a San Diego County prison.
The ruling from a federal judge came in March after she reviewed dozens of complaints from disabled inmates throughout the state, according to the Los Angeles Times.
In addition to the body cameras, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was also required to increase supervisory staff, specifically by increasing the number of sergeants in the prison yards.
The cameras will be issued at five prisons: the California State Prison in Lancaster, the California Institution for Women in Chino, Kern Valley State Prison, the California State Prison in Corcoran and the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran.