What Do Our Jails Say About Us?

[David Sky]

Run time: 06:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQCzOcS_Udw   Posted on YouTube: October 06, 2011 By YouTube Member: LiberalViewer Views on YouTube: 301   Posted on DU: October 06, 2011 By DU Member: David Sky Views on DU: 645

 
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While gangs are a problem in many jails and prisons, the gang of vicious sheriff's deputies brutalizing people in L.A. County's jails documented by a recent ACLU of Southern California report and video has left me questioning the degree of civilization in our society, as I show in this video.

The clips I use of Rachel Maddow come from a longer segment on MSNBC's September 29, 2011, broadcast of "The Rachel Maddow Show" available online at http://on.msnbc.com/JailScandal

The clip I use of Conrad Grbavac comes from the ACLUSoCal video at http://bit.ly/qu5HsC

The clip I use of Chaplain Paulino Juarez comes from the ACLUSoCal video at http://bit.ly/mUh67L

The clip I use of Magaret Winter of the ACLU National Prison Project comes from the ACLUSoCal video at http://bit.ly/pnFaLH

The image I use of the ACLU of Southern California report titled "Cruel and Unusual Punishment: How a Savage Gang of Deputies Controls LA County Jails" comes from the webpage at http://aclu-sc.org/jailreport

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