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96-635: As of 2017, Cook County operated the third-largest jail system in the United States by inmate population (after the Los Angeles County and New York City jail systems ). The jail has held several well-known and infamous criminals, including Al Capone , Tony Accardo , Frank Nitti , Larry Hoover , Jordan Tate , Jeff Fort , Richard Speck , John Wayne Gacy and the Chicago Seven . Earlier such jails have held other prisoners, including those involving

192-704: A Los Angeles Times analysis found that in 44,000 bike stops for drugs and weapons (since 2017) that 85% were searched without reason and that the overwhelming majority of stops were non-white individuals. There are allegedly at least 18 active deputy gangs within the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. The 1992 Kolts Commission report said they were found "particularly at stations in areas heavily populated by minorities—the so-called 'ghetto stations'—and deputies at those stations recruit persons similar in attitude to themselves." Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva , who according to Los Angeles County Court documents,

288-513: A federal court of interfering with a federal grand jury investigation of the county jail. In 2011, the officers obstructed an FBI undercover operation which was using an inmate informant to report on brutality and misconduct by jail deputies. Overall, a total of 21 LASD officers were convicted or pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, falsifying reports, bribery, and firearm violations. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

384-461: A rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, fever, and swollen lymph nodes . The illness is usually mild, and most infected individuals recover within a few weeks without treatment. The time from exposure to the onset of symptoms ranges from three to seventeen days, and symptoms typically last from two to four weeks. However, cases may be severe, especially in children, pregnant women, or people with suppressed immune systems . The disease

480-523: A "rapidly unfolding public health disaster" and seeking immediate release of any prisoner whose constitutional rights were being violated by their continued detention amid the coronavirus crisis. On April 27, 2020, a federal judge overruled objections from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Sheriff Tom Dart in a sweeping preliminary injunction that mandated the Cook County Sheriff's Office implement additional testing and social distancing measures to prevent

576-542: A May 2008 traffic stop. Fitzpatrick has a long history of similar complaints against him during his career with the LASD. The department agreed to pay the woman $ 245,000. In January, 2012 Jazmyne Ha Eng was shot and killed by Deputy Brian Vance outside a mental-health center in Rosemead , where she was a patient . Vance said Eng charged him and the other three deputies on the scene with a hammer , making them fear for their lives. Eng

672-565: A Texas exotic animal distributor. No deaths resulted. Electron microscopy and serologic studies were used to confirm that the disease was human mpox. Everyone affected reported direct or close contact with prairie dogs, later found to be infected with the Orthopoxvirus monkeypox . In July 2021, in the US, an American returning from a trip in Nigeria was diagnosed with mpox. Subsequent testing identified

768-775: A dense cluster next the rail yard northeast of Union Station . The North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is the largest of the four jail facilities located at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, California . The Los Angeles County Women's Jail, known as the Century Regional Detention Facility or the Lynwood Jail, is located in Lynwood, California . The Los Angeles County Jail incarcerates about 200,000 individuals each year, and with such large numbers,

864-409: A federal jury awarded $ 200,000 to a 69-year-old man who had his rib broken by two sheriff's deputies attempting to arrest him in 2009. The jury also ordered Deputy Mark Collins to pay punitive damages of $ 1,000. In October 2013, Deputy Mark Eric Hibner, was convicted by a jury of two counts of domestic violence and three counts of making threats. In December 2013, Deputy Michael Anthony Grundynt

960-574: A fourth, beating him severely. Montebello Police arrived on the scene and broke up the fight; however, no arrests were made. The '3,000 Boys' is a name referring to a gang of L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies and Jailers who have been involved in the beatings and organized fights of inmates in the 3,000 block of the Men's Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles . In May 2011, six deputies were suspended without pay (pending termination and criminal prosecution) for

1056-466: A handgun and falsely imprisoning her. In July 2011, the department agreed to pay a half million dollars to the family of 16-year-old Avery Cody Jr. Cody was shot by Deputy Sergio Reyes in 2009. Reyes made several statements under oath that were disproven by video of the incident. The department then agreed to settle, but admitted no guilt. In October 2011, Deputy Mark Fitzpatrick was convicted of an on-duty sexual assault and false imprisonment during

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1152-463: A lesion for the virus's DNA . Vaccination is recommended for those at high risk of infection. No vaccine has been developed specifically against mpox, but smallpox vaccines have been found to be effective. There is no specific treatment for the disease, so the aim of treatment is to manage the symptoms and prevent complications. Antiviral drugs such as tecovirimat can be used to treat mpox, although their effectiveness has not been proved. Mpox

1248-435: A mechanism to reach out to inner city community health issues as well as provide a new area for research in the effectiveness in vaccinations and screenings. The Los Angeles County Jail system incarcerates a large number of minority inmates. Victor Rios argues that a new era of mass incarceration has resulted in the development of a youth control complex. This complex resulted from a network of racialized criminalization, and

1344-575: A member of the Cavemen. Former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka , who also served as the mayor of Gardena, California , is identified as a member of the Lynwood Vikings , and was convicted of federal obstruction charges in 2014. In July 2021, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters called for a United States Department of Justice investigation into allegations that a violent deputy gang known as the Executioners

1440-637: A pandemic. This section is an incomplete list of disease outbreaks which have been reported, including significant outbreaks in the endemic countries in tropical Africa (Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan). Outbreaks of mpox are frequent in areas where

1536-618: A prisoner in 2006. The three men were sentenced to various periods of parole and resigned from the department. In December 2010, members of a widely known gang-like group of L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies known as 'The 3,000 Boys' were involved in a violent fight in the parking lot of the Quiet Cannon Restaurant in Montebello . An anonymous call made to the Montebello police department reported three Sheriff's Deputies were holding down

1632-486: A shooting, glorifying the incident. It drew comparisons to the problematic Rampart Division of the LAPD in the 1990s, who had the same tattoo. In June 2012, Deputy Rafael Zelaya was sentenced to six months in jail for stealing drugs from someone while on duty. In July 2013 Eugene Mallory was fatally shot in his house while the police alleged that he ran a meth lab , no such drugs were found in his house. In July 2013,

1728-543: A single sore from the disease, while others may have hundreds. An individual can be infected with Orthopoxvirus monkeypox without showing any symptoms . Symptoms typically last for two to four weeks but may persist longer in people with weakened immune systems. Complications include secondary infections , pneumonia , sepsis , encephalitis , and loss of vision following corneal infection. Persons with weakened immune systems, whether due to medication, medical conditions, or HIV, are more likely to develop severe cases of

1824-627: A vaccination. The CDC has made detailed recommendations in addition to the standard precautions for infection control. These include that healthcare providers don a gown, mask, goggles, and a disposable filtering respirator (such as an N95 ), and that an infected person should be isolated a private room to keep others from possible contact. Those living in countries where mpox is endemic should avoid contact with sick mammals such as rodents, marsupials, non-human primates (dead or alive) that could harbour Orthopoxvirus monkeypox and should refrain from eating or handling wild game ( bush meat ). During

1920-569: Is endemic in Central and Western Africa , where several species of mammals are suspected to act as a natural reservoir of the virus. The first human cases were diagnosed in 1970 in Basankusu , Democratic Republic of the Congo . Since then, the frequency and severity of outbreaks have significantly increased, possibly as a result of waning immunity since the cessation of routine smallpox vaccination. A global outbreak of clade II in 2022–2023 marked

2016-553: Is caused by the monkeypox virus , a zoonotic virus in the genus Orthopoxvirus . The variola virus , which causes smallpox , is also in this genus. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infected skin or body fluids, including sexual contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or via bites or scratches. Diagnosis can be confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing

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2112-579: Is estimated to cause more severe disease and higher mortality than clade   II. The virus is considered to be endemic in tropical rainforest regions of Central and West Africa. In addition to monkeys, the virus has been identified in Gambian pouched rats ( Cricetomys gambianus ), dormice ( Graphiurus spp.) and African squirrels ( Heliosciurus , and Funisciurus ). The use of these animals as food may be an important source of transmission to humans. The natural reservoir of Orthopoxvirus monkeypox

2208-460: Is intended to be a separate unit for gay-identified men and transgender women . Although it has been shown that this unit is successful through its lower rates of sexual violence , the creation and systematics of this unit have sparked controversy. In order to be admitted into the K6G unit, inmates must prove that they are gay . However, those who identify inmates as homosexual individuals eligible for

2304-485: Is the largest sheriff's department and the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States . There are approximately 17,926 employees; over 9,972 sworn deputies and 7,954 non sworn members (professional staff). Monkeypox Mpox ( / ˈ ɛ m p ɒ k s / , EM -poks ; formerly known as monkeypox ) is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include

2400-570: Is the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the third largest local police agency in the United States, following the New York Police Department , and the Chicago Police Department . LASD has approximately 18,000 employees, 9,915 sworn deputies and 9,244 unsworn members. It is sometimes confused with the similarly-named but separate Los Angeles Police Department which provides law enforcement services within

2496-544: Is the preferred diagnostic test, although it has the disadvantage of being relatively slow to deliver a result. In October 2024, the WHO approved the first diagnostic test under the Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure. The Alinity m MPXV assay enables the detection of the virus by laboratory testing swabs of skin lesions, giving a result in less than two hours. Historically, smallpox vaccine had been reported to reduce

2592-435: Is thought to be small mammals in tropical Africa. The virus can be transmitted from animal to human from bites or scratches, or during activities such as hunting, skinning, or cooking infected animals. The virus enters the body through broken skin, or mucosal surfaces such as the mouth, respiratory tract, or genitals. Mpox can be transmitted from one person to another through contact with infectious lesion material or fluid on

2688-610: Is unlikely to spread across the prison. At Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago (MCC Chicago) female prisoners needing to be isolated, as of 2005, have been taken to the Cook County Jail as the security housing unit (SHU) at the former is only for males. In July 2008, the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice released a report finding that the Eighth Amendment civil rights of

2784-534: Is where Bigger Thomas is held, in Richard Wright 's Native Son . 41°50′29″N 87°41′51″W  /  41.8414°N 87.6975°W  / 41.8414; -87.6975 Los Angeles County Sheriff%27s Department The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ( LASD ), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department , is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California . LASD

2880-402: The 2022–2023 global outbreak caused by clade IIb was very low, estimated at 0.16%, with the majority of deaths in individuals who were already immunocompromized . In contrast, as of April 2024 , the outbreak of clade I in Democratic Republic of the Congo has a CFR of 4.9%. The difference between these estimates is attributed to: It is thought that small mammals provide a reservoir for

2976-791: The Haymarket Affair . It was one of three sites in which executions were carried out by electrocution in Illinois. Between 1928 and 1962, the electric chair was used 67 times at the jail, including the state's last electrocution, that of James Duke, on August 24, 1962. The state's other electrocutions were carried out at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill and at the Menard Correctional Center in Chester . In

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3072-654: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 to merge the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety into the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The merger took place on June 30, 2010. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the LASD refused to enforce mask mandates. LASD Sheriff Alex Villanueva also refused to enforce a vaccine requirement for LASD staff, stating that large parts of

3168-672: The federal court to take over the Lynwood Station, home of a deputy gang known as the Lynwood Vikings . A federal judge described the Lynwood Vikings as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist gang. Los Angeles blog outlet Knock LA has published a database of hundreds of LASD employees found in court documents to be associated with deputy gang activity, including names of officers, gang affiliation, case number, deputy/badge/serial number, and department title. The database includes Undersheriff Timothy Murakami, identified in court documents as

3264-622: The inmates has been systematically violated. The report found that the CCJ failed to adequately protect inmates from harm or risk of harm from other inmates or staff; failed to provide adequate suicide prevention; failed to provide adequate sanitary environmental conditions; failed to provide adequate fire safety precautions; and failed to provide adequate medical and mental health care. Specific alleged violations that have resulted in Federal sanctions and/or class action lawsuits include: The women's section of

3360-564: The unincorporated communities and 42 of the 88 cities within Los Angeles County. In addition to its primary responsibilities, LASD contracts with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metrolink . The LASD has a history of racial profiling, police brutality , police corruption , and other misconduct. From the 1970s to today, numerous gangs have been known to operate within

3456-521: The 13th - Cook County Jail featuring performances by jazz musicians Jimmy McGriff and Lucky Thompson was released on the Groove Merchant label in 1973) The song "My Long Walk to Jail" on Filter 's 2002 album The Amalgamut includes a sample of an incoming call from Cook County Jail. The Cook County Prison was referenced to by Elwood Blues ( Dan Aykroyd ) in the film The Blues Brothers as serving oatmeal to inmates. The Cook County Prison

3552-401: The 2003 US outbreak, prairie dogs ( Cynomys ludovicianus ) became infected and presented with fever, cough, sore eyes , poor feeding and rash. There has also been an instance of a domestic dog ( Canis familiaris ) which became infected displaying lesions and ulceration. Mpox in both humans and animals is caused by infection with Orthopoxvirus monkeypox – a double-stranded DNA virus in

3648-457: The 2022–2023 outbreak, mpox (clade IIb) remains present in the human population outside Africa at very low levels. In November 2023, the WHO reported increasing numbers of cases of mpox (clade I) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 12,569 cases year-to-date and 651 fatalities; there was also the first evidence of sexual transmission of clade I. In 2024, the WHO added the monkeypox virus to its list of "priority pathogens" that could cause

3744-487: The 2022–2023 outbreak, several public health authorities launched public awareness campaigns in order to reduce spread of the disease. Most cases of mpox present with mild symptoms and there is complete recovery within 2 to 4 weeks. There is no specific treatment for the disease, although antivirals such as tecovirimat have been approved for the treatment of severe mpox. A 2023 Cochrane review found no completed randomized controlled trials studying therapeutics for

3840-620: The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. With the August 2024 outbreak in the DRC , the World Health Organization (WHO) urged manufacturers to submit their products for emergency review. This initiative is part of the WHO's effort to ensure effective diagnostics, particularly for low-income populations. The agency has called for manufacturers to submit their tests for Emergency Use Listing, which would allow

3936-540: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, where 2,000 cases per year were recorded between 2011 and 2014. However, the collected data is often incomplete and unconfirmed, hindering accurate estimations of the number of mpox cases over time. Originally thought to be uncommon in humans, cases have increased since the 1980s, possibly as a result of waning immunity following the cessation of routine smallpox vaccination. The natural reservoir of Orthopoxvirus monkeypox has not been conclusively determined. Small rodents are considered

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4032-542: The House of Correction, housed less serious offenders from within the city. The city Bridewell moved to the site of the present jail complex at 29th and California in 1871 (at the time of the Great Chicago Fire ) but the county's serious alleged offenders did not generally move there until the 1920s. When the two facilities began to be located together, they first gained the reputation as the 'largest concentration of inmates in

4128-515: The K6G unit rely on stereotypes constructed by society about gay men. This procedure prevents homosexual men who are not open about their sexuality, particularly those of color, from coming out as gay for fear of abuse if they do so. Serious health concerns have begun to arise with the issue of mass incarceration in the Los Angeles County Jails. Several organizations and scholars have analyzed random samples of prisoners with illnesses and

4224-629: The LASD was the "Little Devils" in an internal memo in 1973, although they are believed to have been involved in the death of Los Angeles Times reporter and law enforcement critic Ruben Salazar during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970. They operated out of the East Los Angeles station and sported tattooed caricatures of a small, red devil on their left calves. They were known at

4320-635: The LASD would refuse to comply with it and he would "lose 5, 10% of [the LASD] workforce overnight on a vaccine mandate." In November 2021, Villanueva said only 42% of LASD staff were vaccinated against COVID-19. The Los Angeles County Jail provides short-term incarceration services for the entire county, including Los Angeles , Glendale , Burbank , and Long Beach , all of which have their own police departments. The Men's Central Jail (MCJ) and Twin Towers Correctional Facility (TTCF) are located in

4416-580: The LASD. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was founded in 1850, was the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The all-volunteer, Los Angeles-specific Los Angeles Rangers were formed in 1853 to assist the LASD. They were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group. Neither force was deemed efficient and Los Angeles became known for its violence, gambling and "vice". On December 15, 2009,

4512-417: The United States for use by persons who are either considered at high risk of exposure to mpox, or who may have recently been exposed to it. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that persons investigating mpox outbreaks, those caring for infected individuals or animals, and those exposed by close or intimate contact with infected individuals or animals should receive

4608-592: The WHO to approve these medical products more quickly. This process is designed to help countries procure essential products through UN agencies and other partners. The urgency comes as a new, easily transmissible form of the 2024 outbreak has raised global concerns, leading the WHO to declare mpox a global public health emergency. Mpox was first identified as a distinct illness in 1958 among laboratory monkeys in Copenhagen , Denmark. The first documented human cases occurred in 1970, involving six unvaccinated children during

4704-415: The beating of Evans Tutt, an inmate who had been filing complaints about living conditions within the jail. In January 2011, Deputy Patricia Margaret Bojorquez was sentenced to a year in custody for making a false police report against her husband and recklessly firing a gun in her home. In April 2011, Deputy Sean Paul Delacerda was convicted of breaking into a woman's home kidnapping, assaulting her with

4800-517: The city of Los Angeles, which is the county seat of Los Angeles County, although both departments have their headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The department's three main responsibilities are to provide municipal police services within Los Angeles County, courthouse security for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County , and housing and transportation services of inmates within the county jail system. The LASD provides municipal police services to

4896-625: The complete range of symptoms. People with mpox usually become symptomatic about a week after infection. However the incubation period can vary in a range between one day and four weeks. The rash comprises numerous small lesions, which may appear on the palms, soles, face, mouth, throat, genitals, or anus. They begin as small flat spots , before developing into small bumps , which then fill with fluid , eventually bursting and scabbing over, typically lasting around ten days. In rare cases, lesions may become necrotic, requiring debridement and taking longer to heal. Some people may manifest only

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4992-612: The department collapsed due to "the intimidation tactics of the LASD". A summary of the allegations claimed that captains in the department were ordered to collect $ 10,000 from each towing contractor doing business with the department. The payments were used as contributions to political causes favored by the sheriff. In December 2009, the L.A. Times reported that L.A. County Auditor-Controller Wendy L. Watanabe's office found 348 deputies worked more than 900 hours of overtime between March 2007 and February 2008. This would equal an extra six months of full-time work. The audit found that over

5088-422: The disease include children, pregnant women, the elderly and those who are immunocompromized . For these people, or those who have severe disease, hospital admission and careful monitoring of symptoms is recommended. Symptomatic treatment is recommended for complications such as proctitis and pruritis . A trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found that the antiviral drug tecovirimat did not shorten

5184-485: The disease is endemic – these areas often have poor healthcare infrastructure and outbreaks are rarely documented. In May 2003, a young child became ill with fever and rash after being bitten by a prairie dog purchased at a local swap meet near Milwaukee , Wisconsin . In total, 71 cases of mpox were reported through 20 June 2003. All cases were traced to Gambian pouched rats imported from Accra , Ghana , in April 2003 by

5280-436: The disease. If infection occurs during pregnancy, this may lead to stillbirth or other complications. Provided there are no complications, sequelae are rare; after healing, the scabs may leave pale marks before becoming darker scars. Historically, the case fatality rate (CFR) of past outbreaks was estimated at between 1% and 10%, with clade I considered to be more severe than clade II. The case fatality rate of

5376-453: The duration of mpox lesions in people with clade I mpox. Despite this, the trial's overall mortality rate of 1.7% was notably lower than the 3.6% or higher mortality rate seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's general mpox cases. This suggests that hospitalization and high-quality supportive care significantly improve outcomes for mpox people. The trial was sponsored by the NIH and co-led by

5472-518: The family home of GLOW professional wrestler Emily Dole , also known professionally as Mt. Fiji, in Cerritos, California during a bridal shower for Dole's sister, Melinda. Much like the Rodney King incident two years later, the event was videotaped by a neighbor, Doug Botts, showing the sheriffs beating the family. Despite her imposing physique, Dole remained in a passive stance with her arms folded in

5568-504: The first incidence of widespread community transmission outside of Africa. In July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The WHO reverted this status in May 2023, as the outbreak came under control, citing a combination of vaccination and public health information as successful control measures. An outbreak of new variant of clade I mpox (known as clade Ib)

5664-425: The former Cook County jail near Hubbard Street is the setting used for the musical Chicago , as well as its 2002 film adaptation . The present jail is used in segments of TV series including Chicago Fire and Better Call Saul . B.B. King 's Live in Cook County Jail album features a live recording of a concert that he performed for the jail's inmates on September 10, 1970. A live album Concert: Friday

5760-439: The former geographical names were hindering efforts to contain the disease. The clade formerly known as "Congo Basin (Central African)" was renamed clade   I , and the clade formerly known as "West African" was renamed clade   II. Initial symptoms of mpox infection are fever, muscle pains , and sore throat, followed by an itchy or painful rash, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue . Not everyone will exhibit

5856-669: The free world.' Later, the County and City jails were institutionally merged by the Illinois legislature , officially called the Cook County Department of Corrections, overseen by the Cook County Sheriff's Office . The adjacent George N. Leighton Criminal Courts Building is where the prisoners' criminal matters are heard in the Circuit Court of Cook County . A rather elaborate neoclassical and art deco inspired high-rise built in

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5952-428: The genus Orthopoxvirus , family Poxviridae , making it closely related to the smallpox, cowpox , and vaccinia viruses. The two major subtypes of virus are clade   I and clade   II. In April 2024, after detection of a new variant, clade   I was split into subclades designated Ia and Ib. Clade   II is similarly divided into subclades: clade   IIa and clade   IIb. Clade   I

6048-462: The healthcare that they receive while incarcerated. The American Public Health Association claims that some of these prisoners suffer from a variety of other disorders. They also state that more than 30% of their sample group had a severe mental disorder or a substance use disorder . The detainees that were diagnosed with severe mental disorders or substance use were often in jail because they had committed nonviolent crimes. An issue that arises with

6144-554: The incarceration of individuals with mental disorders is that they must be tested for competency before they can be put on trial, which can leave inmates in jail for longer than necessary. Richard Lamb and Robert W. Grant conducted a similar study of 101 women that are imprisoned in the Los Angeles County Jail system. In this study, they concluded that 70% of them had traumatizing experiences of physical violence , 40% of these women were involved in prostitution , and 84% of

6240-434: The jail and were caught in possession of the phones. Torres hid her cell phone in her boot and snuck it into the visitor's lobby despite signs prohibiting doing so, while Carillo claimed he forgot to remove his cell phone from his pocket. The deputies confiscated both phones shortly after, handcuffed Carillo, and took both Carillo and Torres into the break room. Carillo got into a verbal altercation with officers and claimed he

6336-517: The jail has faced numerous problems with its facilities. In 1988, a scandal erupted after a Los Angeles jailhouse informant demonstrated that he was able to engineer false confessions to murder from inmates he had never met before. In California, jailhouse informants have most frequently been used in murder cases. In May 2013, the Men's Central Jail and the Twin Towers Correctional Facility (taken together) ranked as one of

6432-399: The jail is believed to be higher. The jail's inmate population dropped by almost one-fifth during the coronavirus pandemic after a state judge ordered a review of cases involving low-risk, primarily non-violent detainees. At least six inmates and one guard have died. And as of 26 July 2022, there has been one case of monkeypox in the prison with an inmate testing positive for the virus which

6528-590: The large proportion of prisoners with significant mental illness, few of these Los Angeles County Jail inmates receive adequate mental health treatment. However, mental illnesses have been and are currently being studied in the Los Angeles County Jail. For instance, several researchers studied Bipolar I disorder and found that a way to decrease the number of inmates with the disorder is by having them participate in longer psychiatric hospital stays. One solution to this issue could be opt-out screening and vaccinations for STIs and other infectious diseases, which has

6624-420: The largest ever outbreak of clade   II of the virus, with 118 confirmed cases. Unlike previous outbreaks of this clade, infection was predominantly among young male adults and human-to-human transmission appears to have readily occurred. Seven deaths (5 male, 2 female, case fatality rate of 6%) were reported, including a baby and four HIV/AIDS people. Additionally, a pregnant woman in her second trimester had

6720-450: The last five years, the department had exceeded its overtime budget by an average of 104 percent for each year. In September 2009, Mitrice Richardson was observed in a Malibu , California restaurant experiencing an apparent mental health crisis. She made statements regarding being from Mars and avenging the death of Michael Jackson , and was unable to pay her restaurant bill. Out of concern for her mental health, restaurant staff called

6816-575: The late 1920s, the courthouse was long known by just its cross-street location "26th and Cal" (26th Street and California Avenue) and has held many high-profile cases and is often seen in films and television. One of the largest clusters of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the entire United States occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic . On April 3, 2020, the civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy, MacArthur Justice Center, and Civil Rights Corps filed an emergency class action lawsuit on behalf of detainees, alleging Sheriff Tom Dart failed to stop

6912-497: The mid-to-late-1800s suspects in serious criminal matters were held at the site of the Cook County Criminal Court Building on Hubbard Street in a jail attached to the courthouse (the jail house was on the same block, in back of the courthouse, and is sometimes identified by reference to the corner of "Dearborn and Illinois" Streets). A separate short-stay city jail called the "Bridewell" on Polk Street, officially

7008-455: The middle of the street, where the video showed her being beaten to the ground with police batons and flashlights . All 34 members of the party, all Samoan, were beaten and arrested. The Samoan-American community was angered, contending the incident was racist in nature. The family sued the Sheriff's Department and won a $ 23 million settlement. In 2006, an investigation into corruption at

7104-549: The most likely candidate. Without a major vaccination campaign, mpox outbreaks in humans will continue indefinitely in the endemic areas, with an ongoing risk that disease outbreaks will spread to non-endemic areas. Other evidence – that the virus is evolving to be more transmissible among humans, that it can infect a wide range of host species, and that human-to-animal transmission can occur – led to concerns that mpox may either become established in new natural reservoirs outside of Africa, or cause future global epidemics. Following

7200-519: The new hires had lied on their applications. Fifteen of the new deputies cheated on the department's polygraph test. About 200 of the new deputies and guards had been disqualified by other law enforcement agencies for misconduct or having failed qualification tests. The department launched an investigation of how the media found out about the flawed hiring process. In September 2010, three deputies (Humberto Magallanes, Kenny Ramirez and Lee Simoes) pleaded no contest to charges related to their beating of

7296-404: The potential to improve health conditions in jail and in surrounding communities. This can be accomplished by providing health care that many inmates, especially impoverished blacks and Latinos, would not receive otherwise. In addition, the implementation of this action would decrease the spreading of diseases from the jail to home communities. Using opt-out screenings and vaccinations can be used as

7392-424: The punishment arrived from institutions of authority that patrolled and incapacitated Black and Latino youth. Rios concludes that it is not policing but the harsh policing of inner cities that marks young people from their early years, effectively stigmatizing them through negative credentials before they have an opportunity to acquire the more positive forms demanded for participation in mainstream society. In 2021,

7488-641: The risk of mpox among previously vaccinated persons in Africa. The decrease in immunity to poxviruses in exposed populations is a factor in the increasing prevalence of human mpox. It is attributed to waning cross-protective immunity among those vaccinated before 1980, when mass smallpox vaccinations were discontinued, and to the gradually increasing proportion of unvaccinated individuals. As of August 2024, there are four vaccines in use to prevent mpox. All were originally developed to combat smallpox. The MVA-BN vaccine, originally developed for smallpox, has been approved in

7584-513: The sheriffs, who arrested her. She was subsequently released by sheriffs at 12:38am, with no means to access her car, phone, money or any means of caring for herself. Her naked skeletal remains were discovered approximately eleven months after her disappearance. The county settled with the family for $ 900,000. According to the Los Angeles Times , in 2010, the department hired almost 300 new officers. The department later discovered about 100 of

7680-707: The skin, in the mouth or on the genitals; this includes touching, close contact, and during sex. During the 2022–2023 global outbreak of clade II, transmission between people was almost exclusively via sexual contact. There is also a risk of infection from fomites (objects which can become infectious after being touched by an infected person) such as clothing or bedding which has been contaminated with lesion material. Clinical differential diagnosis distinguishes between rash illnesses, such as chickenpox, measles, bacterial skin infections, scabies , poison ivy , syphilis , and medication-associated allergies. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of samples from skin lesions

7776-537: The smallpox eradication efforts, with the first being a 9-month-old boy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 1981 to 1986, over 300 human cases of mpox were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as Zaire), primarily due to contact with animals. The virus has been detected in Gambian pouched rats , dormice , and African squirrels, which are often used as food. Many more mpox cases have been reported in Central and West Africa, particularly in

7872-404: The spread of COVID-19 at the jail. This included banning the jail from corralling new inmates into cramped “ bullpens ” or group housing and mandating it provide face masks to all detainees under quarantine and regularly sanitize common surfaces. As of April 22, 2020, at least 812 confirmed COVID-19 cases were linked to the jail; due to a lack of testing , the actual number of infections linked to

7968-598: The ten worst jails in the United States, based on reporting in Mother Jones magazine. One of the issues the jails faced was with visitation, exemplified by an event in the Men's Central Jail. Twenty-three-year-old male Gabriel Carillo was severely beaten and pepper sprayed by a deputy in Men's Central Jail on Saturday, February 26, 2012. Carillo was there with his girlfriend, Grace Torres, to visit his younger brother. Both Torres and Carillo illegally brought their cell phones into

8064-495: The time to have at least 47 members. The "Wayside Whities" operated out of the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center throughout the 1980s, their alleged mission being to "bring to heel" any incarcerated black men, especially those who fought with white prisoners. Following years of police violence in the city of Lynwood , over two dozen civil rights attorneys compiled claims and filed a class action lawsuit in 1990, in which they asked

8160-535: The treatment of mpox. The review identified non-randomized controlled trials which evaluated the safety of therapeutics for mpox, finding no significant risks from tecovirimat and low certainty evidence that suggests brincidofovir may cause mild liver injury. Pain is common and may be severe; supportive care such as pain or fever control may be administered. People with mild disease should isolate at home, stay hydrated, eat well, and take steps to maintain their mental health. People who are at high risk from

8256-605: The virus as belonging to clade   II. The patient was hospitalized and treated with tecovirimat and was discharged after 32 days. The first case of clade I mpox in the United States was identified in November 2024; the California Department of Public Health reported that an unidentified individual outside San Francisco had tested positive following travel to and from East Africa . Clade II mpox continues to circulate at low levels. During 2022, an outbreak of clade I mpox

8352-468: The virus in endemic areas. Spread among animals occurs via the fecal–oral route and through the nose, through wounds and eating infected meat. The disease has also been reported in a wide range of other animals, including monkeys, anteaters, hedgehogs, prairie dogs, squirrels, and shrews. Signs and symptoms in animals are not well researched and further studies are in progress. There have been instances of animal infection outside of endemic Africa; during

8448-486: The women with children were incapable of taking care of them. In addition, there were more mentally ill men in jail than there were women. In a study of male inmates, there appeared to have been issues of the " criminalization " of those whom were mentally ill. An issue that resides in these studies is that there is uncertainty when trying to determine if these prisoners receive any beneficial treatment. In response to this issue, Dr. Terry Kupers mentions that when considering

8544-534: Was 40 years old, weighed 93 pounds and stood five feet one inches tall. An internal investigation ruled the killing justifiable, but in February 2014, the county agreed to pay $ 1.8 million to settle the matter. In May 2012, part of the Gang Enforcement Team was accused of being a clique called "Jump Out Boys" after a pamphlet was discovered indicating that members would receive a tattoo after being involved in

8640-647: Was a member of the "Banditos" deputy gang himself, has announced a "zero tolerance" policy to curb what he refers to as "deputy cliques." Villanueva has never acknowledged membership in the Banditos deputy gang, but has admitted to being a member of the "Cavemen" while stationed in East Los Angeles . A 2020 county inspector general report concluded that the Banditos gang at the East LASD station were "gang-like and [that] their influence has resulted in favoritism, sexism, racism and violence." The first deputy gang acknowledged by

8736-431: Was detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 2023. As of August 2024, it had spread to several African countries, raising concerns that it may have adapted to more sustained human transmission. In August 2024, the WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The name monkeypox was originally coined because the disease was first identified in laboratory monkeys. This name

8832-653: Was later criticized by scientists as a misnomer since monkeys are not the main host or reservoir; it was also criticized by the Foreign Press Association of Africa because the name reinforced racism and stigma about African countries and their residents being a source of disease. In November 2022, the WHO announced that it "will adopt the term mpox in its communications, and encourages others to follow these recommendations". The subtypes of monkeypox virus were renamed in August 2022 after requests by several public health organisations and scientists, who argued that

8928-579: Was reported in refugee camps in Sudan. The first case in the country was recorded in August, and in September, six additional cases were discovered in Khartoum . In October, more than 100 cases were reported among Ethiopian refugee camps. Two cases of human mpox infections were identified in Nigeria in 1971. In September 2017, Orthopoxvirus monkeypox was reported in Nigeria. The subsequent outbreak was, at that time,

9024-719: Was running the Compton station of the LASD. In October 1969, LASD deputies bungled a drug raid in Whittier along with officers from the California State Bureau of Narcotics and one officer from nearby Vernon . The team went to the wrong address . In the confusion, the Vernon officer, Detective Sergeant Frank Sweeny, fired his rifle. The bullet went through the floor of the apartment and killed Heyden Dyer who lived downstairs. On February 11, 1989, deputy sheriffs in riot gear invaded

9120-481: Was sentenced to three years probation for a fleeing the scene of an accident in 2011. He had been driving while drunk. In March 2014, Deputy Jose Rigoberto Sanchez pleaded no contest to one count each of rape under color of authority and soliciting a bribe. He was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison. His rapes happened in 2010 while he was on duty. In July 2014, six correctional officers (two deputies, two sergeants and two lieutenants) were convicted by

9216-402: Was then assaulted by them. Following the controversy, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced that the Men's Central Jail could be closed. Construction of a new jail has been proposed to replace the Men's Central Jail. Another challenge that the Los Angeles County Jail faces is violence within the jail community. Related to this issue is Los Angeles County Jail's K6G unit, which

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