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A report by the ACLU National Prison Project and the ACLU of Southern CaliforniaSeptember 2011
Cruel and Usual Punishment:
How a Savage Gang of Deputies ControlsLA County Jails
 
 
PrinciPal authors
Sarah LiebowitzACLU Foundation of Southern California, Jails ProjectPeter EliasbergLegal Director, ACLU Foundation of Southern CaliforniaMargaret WinterAssociate Director, ACLU National Prison ProjectEsther LimACLU Foundation of Southern California, Jails Project Coordinator
 
taBlE oF contEnts
I. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................1II. METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................2III. ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................3A. Violence in the Los Angeles County Jails ....................................................3B. Reports of Deputy-on-Inmate Violence ....................................................101. Reports by Civilian Witnesses ..............................................................102. Reports by Inmate Victims .....................................................................123. Reports by Inmate Eyewitnesses ..........................................................14C. Pitting Inmates Against Other Inmates ......................................................16D. Threats of Violence ........................................................................................17E. Deputy Gangs Foment Violence Against Inmates ....................................17and Against Other DeputiesF. Cover-ups .........................................................................................................181. Civilian Accounts of Deputies Covering.............................................18Up Deputy-on-Inmate Attacks2. Inmate Accounts of Deputies Attempting to .....................................19Cover Up Deputy-on-Inmate Attacks3. The LASD’s Transparently False Denials That There ......................20is a Problem Of Deputy-on-Inmate ViolenceIV. CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................22V. ENDNOTES ..............................................................................................................23
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