Wisdom Quarterly; Paige St. John (LA Times.com, 4-5-13); FOX brutal takedown of female:
The 278 disciplinary cases occurring over
six months involve smuggling contraband, [homosexual] sex with prisoners, and ignoring
or arranging assaults.
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SACRAMENTO - A catalog of
recent misconduct cases in California's corrections system includes
allegations that prison guards groped and grappled with inmates, brought
them drugs, shared their booze and solicited them for sex.
The two-volume report, issued this week by the independent
Office of Inspector General, chronicles 278 disciplinary cases the
watchdog agency monitored from July to December 2012.
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The report includes numerous allegations of prison workers delivering
drugs and mobile phones to inmates, having sex with them, and turning a
blind eye to or even arranging inmate assaults. Some [most] cases were
dismissed or handled administratively [or never formally reported at all]; others were turned over to county
prosecutors.
In one alleged coverup
involving seven prison officials, a guard accepted an inmate's challenge
to a fistfight, stripped off his prison gear and began a fight that was
ultimately broken up by another guard's baton, the report says.
Afterward, the guard allegedly staged an assault by the inmate to
"fabricate a legitimate reason for the injuries he suffered earlier."
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The guard was charged with six felony counts. He pleaded no contest
to reduced misdemeanor charges. He and three other officers lost their
jobs over the incident and two other prison officials took pay cuts.
The inspector general's report includes four alleged cases of
corrections officers ordering assaults on inmates, including a parole
agent accused of soliciting a parolee to murder another parolee. That
April 2012 incident remains under investigation.
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In other cases, the independent reviewers criticize the California
Department of [Punishments] and Rehabilitation for long delays in
investigating alleged misconduct.
Internal investigators took nearly a
year to file a report on a security chief -- accused of sexual relations
with [male] inmates in a juvenile facility -- while he was allowed him to remain
on paid leave.
The office of inspector general, however, praised the corrections
department for improving its reporting of discipline cases. But it said
gains still need to be made in the southern part of the state, where the
handling of nearly a third of all disciplinary reports was still deemed
"insufficient." More (PDF)
So what? They're inmates.
Crimes "under color of uniform"
"U.S. law enforcement officers and other
officials like judges, prosecutors, and security guards have been given
tremendous power by local, state, and federal government
agencies -- authority they must have to enforce the law and ensure justice
in our country. These powers include the authority to detain and arrest
suspects, to search and seize property, to bring criminal charges, to
make rulings in court, and to use deadly force in certain situations.
Preventing abuse of this authority, however, is equally necessary to the health of our nation’s democracy..." 
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