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"Men?s Central Jail is a modern-day medieval dungeon"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is part of the quote that accompanies this picture from the Los Angeles County jail depicted here and in a series of photos available here from the ACLU of Southern California.  Here is the full quote/caption: ?Men?s Central Jail is a modern-day medieval dungeon, a dank, windowless place where prisoners live in fear of retaliation and abuse apparently goes unchecked. The jail is not an appropriate facility for housing prisoners with mental illness, many of whom do not receive proper treatment for their mental illness,? said Peter Eliasberg, ACLU/SC managing attorney. ?At the root of the many problems plaguing this toxic facility is overcrowding and the only solutions are to either reduce the jail population dramatically or close it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).