S.F. jail inmates forced to fight, public defender says
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco sheriffs deputies arranged and gambled on battles between County Jail inmates, forcing one to train for the fights and telling them to lie if they needed medical attention, the citys public defender said Thursday.
Since the beginning of March, at least four deputies at County Jail No. 4 at 850 Bryant St. threatened inmates with violence or withheld food if they did not fight each other, gladiator-style, for the entertainment of the deputies, Public Defender Jeff Adachi said.
Adachi said the ringleader in these fights was Deputy Scott Neu, who was accused in 2006 of forcing inmates to perform sexual acts on him. That case was settled out of court.
I dont know why he does it, but I just feel like he gets a kick out of it because I just see the look on his face, said Ricardo Palikiko Garcia, one of the inmates who said he was forced to fight. It looks like it brings him joy by doing this, while were suffering by what hes doing.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-jail-inmates-forced-to-fight-Adachi-says-6161221.php
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)"Adachi said the ringleader in these fights was Deputy Scott Neu, who was accused in 2006 of forcing inmates to perform sexual acts on him."
Um, what?
Journeyman
(15,036 posts)Whatever the "out of court" settlement was, why didn't it include the removal of Deputy Neu from the sheriff's department?