ContraCostaTimes.com | 02/06/2006 | Los Angeles jail riots underscore rising violence among prisoners
Where are the white and asian Prisoners?
ContraCostaTimes.com | 02/06/2006 | Los Angeles jail riots underscore rising violence among prisoners: "'The Sheriff's Department simply does not have the personnel to adequately staff the jails,' said Merrick Bobb, a Los Angeles lawyer hired by the Board of Supervisors to monitor the Sheriff's Department.
'Too few deputies are being called upon to do too much,' said Bobb, who called the system's ratio of prisoners to deputies 'impossibly high.'
On a typical Saturday night, 77 deputies are scheduled to watch the 4,000 prisoners at the North County facility in Castaic, about 50 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, sheriff's Sgt. Michael Waldman said. That ratio of about 50 inmates for every deputy is one of the highest in the country, Baca said.
As a result of the melee, which took four hours to quell, the Sheriff's Department on Sunday segregated black and Latino inmates at the facility.
Baca is considering expanding the segregation of black and Latino inmates to other jail facilities because of the long history of violence between the ethnic groups.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court said prison officials cannot segregate inmates by race except under extraordinary circumstances in which segregation is the only way to maintain inmate safety. Baca said he believes the county is justified in separating the two groups because of their history of violence."
ContraCostaTimes.com | 02/06/2006 | Los Angeles jail riots underscore rising violence among prisoners: "'The Sheriff's Department simply does not have the personnel to adequately staff the jails,' said Merrick Bobb, a Los Angeles lawyer hired by the Board of Supervisors to monitor the Sheriff's Department.
'Too few deputies are being called upon to do too much,' said Bobb, who called the system's ratio of prisoners to deputies 'impossibly high.'
On a typical Saturday night, 77 deputies are scheduled to watch the 4,000 prisoners at the North County facility in Castaic, about 50 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, sheriff's Sgt. Michael Waldman said. That ratio of about 50 inmates for every deputy is one of the highest in the country, Baca said.
As a result of the melee, which took four hours to quell, the Sheriff's Department on Sunday segregated black and Latino inmates at the facility.
Baca is considering expanding the segregation of black and Latino inmates to other jail facilities because of the long history of violence between the ethnic groups.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court said prison officials cannot segregate inmates by race except under extraordinary circumstances in which segregation is the only way to maintain inmate safety. Baca said he believes the county is justified in separating the two groups because of their history of violence."
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