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California Sheriff Criticized on Injury Non-Treatment After Use of Force
Loaded on June 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2007, page 29
A highly critical May 2006 report by the Riverside County Grand Jury found that at the five county jail lockups, a disturbing pattern had emerged where prisoners who were injured while being subdued often were not provided medical aid. Worse, Sheriff?s Dept. personnel frequently filed inaccurate reports and often could …
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