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Los Angeles Jail Undersheriff Steps Down
Loaded on April 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2013, page 15
PLN's March 2013 cover story detailed a long-standing pattern of abuse and corruption in the nation’s largest jail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). Some of that misconduct was attributed to LASD Undersheriff Paul K. Tanaka, the right-hand man of Sheriff Leroy “Lee” Baca.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Police Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Jail Specific,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
California.
In fact, ...
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