and reports confirm the corruption ran all the way to the top. former l.a. county undersheriff convicted of corruption in the same case that ended the career of former sheriff. in the wake of the scandal, it was clear the system needed a major overhaul. assistant sheriff terry mcdonald was the one appointed to the job. at the height of the controversy, what would you say went wrong? it s a high-stress environment. sometimes it s who you hired, but oftentimes it s really a lack of that front line supervision where you see an employee starting to lose their patience, you re not disrupting that. i don t think we trained people as well as we could have or should have. so what changes have been implemented in response to the allegations of inmate abuse? we ve increased supervisors. we have more sergeants helping the staff with these complicated issues. fundamentally, we made it crystal clear that we re not going to tolerate prisoner abuse. violence in the jails is unacceptable o
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