LOS ANGELES TIMES: A code of silence among guards in Los Angeles County jails hinders investigations into abuse complaints, while deputies who report wrongdoing are sometimes subjected to retaliation by colleagues, according to the Sheriff’s Department’s watchdog.
One deputy received threatening phone calls describing him as a “rat” and telling him to watch his back after he reported that another deputy pushed an inmate into a glass window, the Office of Independent Review said in a report. In another case, eight deputies failed to report mistreatment of an inmate that was caught on video.
The Times published details from the report earlier this week. The document, which was publicly released Thursday, focuses on a dozen cases in which more than 30 jail employees were disciplined in connection with inmate abuse… (more)
