Criminal
Feb. 10, 2011
ACLU Says Guards Beat Inmate
A jails monitor with the ACLU of Southern California said she saw guards at the Twin Towers jail in downtown Los Angeles beat an inmate who appeared to be unconscious. The group hopes the incident will help it get a protective order.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An independent jail monitor said she witnessed two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies beat an unconscious inmate, an allegation that might breathe new life into the American Civil Liberties Union's demands for a court order prohibiting deputy retaliation of inmates.
The ACLU of Southern California has contended for several years that Los Angeles County jails are rife with deputy-on-inmate ...
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