ACLU lawyers asked a federal judge to find L.A. County, sheriff and supervisors in contempt of court for failing to fix conditions in the county jails.
After a hearing in September, Pregerson ordered the jail to make modest improvements, such as no longer chaining mentally ill people to benches for more than four hours, no longer leaving inmates in areas without drinking water or working toilets and no longer keeping people in the Inmate Reception Center for more than a day.
But the most graphic portions of Monday’s filing are those detailing the county’s failure to meet basic hygiene requirements. Many said they were always cold and unable to get blankets or pillows, even when the temperature dipped below freezing. One man recounted watching those around him “covering themselves with plastic bags for warmth.”
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