Civil rights activists and members of Wakiesha Wilson's family on Thursday lauded the enactment of "Wakiesha's Law," which requires families to be informed within 24 hours if a loved one in custody is hospitalized or dies.

The law was prompted by Wakiesha Wilson's 2016 in-custody death, with her mother and others saying they did not learn of her passing for more than three days after it occurred.

"It was nearly 10 years ago where she lost her life in an LAPD holding cell, and it was several days after that before her family found out what had happened," Assemblyman Isaac Bryan said at a Thursday morning news conference outside Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Wilson's mother, Lisa Hines, also attended the news conference.

"When I found out my baby had died, it was

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