Criminal
Dec. 31, 2010
ACLU Responds to Its Oversight
Officials of the ACLU of Southern California say they could have done a better job overseeing conditions at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, though they say the group didn't make money from the case.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - After earthquake damage and years of budget cuts had forced Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to close thousands of jail beds throughout the county in 2004, more than 300 inmates were being forced to sleep a week or more on foam mattresses until beds opened, in violation of a 25-year-old court order requiring jails to provide beds within 24 hours.
Some were even forced to sleep on the col...
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