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30 jailers punished for inmate beatings

In the last two years, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials have disciplined more than 30 jail employees for beating inmates or covering up the abuse, according to a report from the agency's watchdog obtained by The Times.

Other deputies "get away" with unnecessary force against inmates because "they craft a story of justification … which may be impossible to disprove," according to the report by the Office of Independent Review, which monitors discipline in the Sheriff's Department.  More  PrisonerPal.com   True Crime Today  Magazine Subscriptions for Prisoners since 1975