The officers involved exhibited a flagrant disregard for the wellbeing and rights of inmates, demonstrating a deeply entrenched culture of corruption and abuse at Men Central Jail.
Rapper 50 Cent was reminded on social media about his past run-ins with the law after claiming that Los Angeles is finished now that they ve instituted a zero-bail policy that took effect in May.
i heard it s about two hours every visit. i m able to play with my son at the playground. so i m looking forward for that. we last saw inmate daniel johns seven days ago, when he first entered jail. in that short time he s been housed in three different facilities. now at north facility, inmate johns has come to realize he s tired of coming to jail. i ve got a record. it s embarrassing. i come to jail, they tell me, oh, you ve been here 17 times, you know. yeah. i ve spent like the past two years of my life in county jail. i m just tired of it. having just heard that his 30-day sentence has been reduced to 15, inmate johns is nervous about his release, knowing that he has an outstanding warrant for $10,000. i ve got a warrant. i was supposed to get out on the 4th of july. right?
lease on life. i was going to keep on doing the same thing i was doing, you know, drinking, the whole nine yards. since i ve been here i feel better. you know? i m at peace. you know, this is anthony. i made a promise to myself to complete the program, and i got it. i got it. i got it. i m happy. i know my wife is going to be she s just going to be overwhelmed. in the state of california alone drug treatment programs like the one at l.a. county jail are projected to save $100 million to $150 million annually. next on this special two-hour edition of lockup, we ll take you inside l.a. county s most dangerous supermax facility, where the jail s largest riot happened. we ll also show you how sheriffs stopped the violence with their new high-tech weapons. and we ll see how inmates process out, having survived