largest riots that l.a. county jail has ever seen. the fighting finally ended when the sheriffs emergency response teams were brought in. using verbal commands, sting ball grenades and pepper spray, sheriff deputies were able to prevent the inmates from killing each other, except for one inmate whose injuries left him in a coma, most of the men involved in the riot suffered minor injuries. jail is completely different than 30 years ago. for one thing, we have much more violence-prone inmates in our system. in the past, that was never a problem. we did not have the major riots and the disturbances. 30-year veteran and commander of nccf john vanderwhark, blames the growing trend of violence in jail on the state prison gangs. we have inmates who are trying to establish their rep pags knowing that they are going to the state prison system. they want to establish their reputation in the jail as a