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    Attorney for said the department began looking into whether there is a pattern of abuse at the jail if whether whether it is or formally sanctioned. '' think it's in everybody's interest to get to the bottom of it and clean up the if there's a situation to be cleaned,'' she said. The department is investigating whether the civil rights of county inmates have been violated and whether jail commanders have failed to address allegations of abuse or adequately discipline abusive staff members.

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    Attorney for said the department began looking into whether there is a pattern of abuse at the jail if whether whether it is or formally sanctioned. '' think it's in everybody's interest to get to the bottom of it and clean up the if there's a situation to be cleaned,'' she said. The department is investigating whether the civil rights of county inmates have been violated and whether jail commanders have failed to address allegations of abuse or adequately discipline abusive staff members.

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    Attorney for said the department began looking into whether there is a pattern of abuse at the jail if whether whether it is or formally sanctioned. '' think it's in everybody's interest to get to the bottom of it and clean up the if there's a situation to be cleaned,'' she said. The department is investigating whether the civil rights of county inmates have been violated and whether jail commanders have failed to address allegations of abuse or adequately discipline abusive staff members.

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    September11,1995 Section:METRO/REGION Page:1B U.S.probeswayArpaioisrunningjail AssociatedPress TheU.S.JusticeDepartmentisinvestigatingwhetherMaricopaCountySheriffJoe Arpaioisrunninganabusivejail. U.S.attorneyforArizonaJanetNapolitanosaidthedepartmentbeganlookinginto whetherthereisapatternofabuseatthejailand,ifso,whetheritis``informallyor formallysanctioned.'' ``Ithinkit'sineverybody'sinteresttogettothebottomofitandcleanupthe situation,ifthere'sasituationtobecleanedup,''shetoldTheArizonaRepublic. Theprobehas``nothingtodowithtents,lackofcoffee,bolognasandwichesorany ofthosekindofpolicies,''thathavegivenArpaioahardnosedreputation,shesaid.

    Amongotherthings,thedepartmentisinvestigatingwhetherthecivilrightsof countyinmateshavebeenviolatedandwhetherjailcommandershavefailedto addressallegationsofabuseoradequatelydisciplineabusivestaffmembers. ``Nothingtohide'' Arpaio,whohaslongbeenknownasthe``meanestsheriffinAmerica,''toldnews radiostationKTARthatheisnotconcernedovertheinvestigationbecause reportersandothersfromaroundthecountryfrequentlymakevisitstothejail. ``Ihavenothingtohide,''hesaid. Arpaio'sspokesman,Sgt.JohnKleinheinzalsosaidhewouldn'tmakeastatement because``it'sanongoinginquiry.'' Inrecentmonths,questionshavebeenraisedaboutthecountyjails'safety.Since May,theMaricopaCountyAttorney'sOfficehasfiledchargesagainsttwojailers accusedofassaultinginmatesinseparateincidents.Onejailer,whohitandkickeda handcuffedinmate,hassincepleadedguiltytomisdemeanorassault. Thecountyattorneyalsoisconsideringchargesinathirdincident,onethatwas capturedonthejail'svideoequipment,involvingEricJohnson,whowasinjailNov. 2onatrafficwarrant. Afterhecalledajaileraname,Johnsonwasyankedfromacellandthrownagainsta wallbythreejailers,whichlefthisarmbrokenattheelbow.

    Johnsonfiledaclaimagainstthecountyaskingfor$600,000forpermanentinjury andpain,butcountyofficialsdidnotrespondtotheclaim. Lastweek,Johnsonandtwootherinmatesfiledlawsuitsagainstthecountyand Arpaio,claimingthattheywereassaultedbyjailers. Moreaggressivejailers PhoenixlawyerNicholasHentoff,whofiledallthreesuits,saidhesuspectsthat jailershavebecomemoreaggressivesinceArpaiotookofficein1993becausehis toughtalkgivestheimpressionthathecondonesabuseofinmates. HentoffandKevinVanNorman,aScottsdalelawyerwhoisassistingwithtwoofthe suitsfiledlastweek,saythatimpressionwasreinforcedinaFebruaryinterview withCBSNews. Init,ArpaiowasaskedwhetherheknewhowJohnson'sarmwasbroken. Heresponded,``No,I'mnot,butsowhat?I'msurethatmyofficershadareasonto slamhimagainstthecellblock.'' Copyright1995,1999TheArizonaDailyStar

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