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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Deputies in women’s jail groped and harassed inmates and watched them shower, lawsuit by 38 former prisoners claims

A group of current and former inmates in the Los Angeles County women's jail are suing, alleging that male staff watched them shower, harassed them, and groped them while under their care.

The lawsuit claims that LA County sheriff's deputies at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood abused their power and took advantage of the inmates in their custody.

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