Sheriff Villanueva is using faulty data to claim jail violence is rising
LA TimesSheriff Alex Villanueva claims that conditions have destabilized in the county jail system, calling it “a dangerous place.” Watchdogs who monitor jail conditions from inside the lockups disagree. “What really worries me is he’s sending a message to and Sheriff’s Department employees that you can go back to the bad old days and you can behave the way the deputies were behaving in the jails before, which was to rule the place with brutality and excessive force on a widespread basis,” said Peter Eliasberg, chief counsel for the ACLU of Southern California, which has been a vocal critic of jail violence. Eliasberg said he has “zero confidence” in the statistics Villanueva presented, but said there’s no question that severe injuries inflicted on inmates by deputies have dropped significantly. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, which endorsed Villanueva’s candidacy and contributed $1.32 million to support him, said he believes that lower staff numbers and increased scrutiny of deputies have contributed to instability in the jails.
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