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3. Investigators issued a scathing report Friday that described a culture of brutality in Los Angeles County jails and criticized the Sheriff’s Department’s top brass for either being ignorant of deputies abusing inmates or tacitly allowing it to happen.
A spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca disputed the findings and insisted the jails have never been “out of control.”
Teams of lawyers working pro bono for the Commission on Jail Violence testified Friday the sheriff failed to rein in his own deputies.
“(Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department) personnel have used force against inmates when the force was either disproportionate to the threat posed, or when there was no threat at all,” said attorney Maurice Suh.
“These have included force against an inmate who is already restrained, or confined to a cell,” he added. “Force has been used against an inmate simply because an inmate questioned a particular action or deputy decision – for example, requested to take a shower.”
The last sentence prompted a vehement denial from Baca's spokesman, Steve Whitmore, who insisted, “That’s absolutely not true.”
“The sheriff has said he was unaware of some of the challenges in the jails but that doesn’t mean the jails are out of control,” he added. “They just never have been.”
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