"The two women, whose names are being withheld because The Times generally does not identify victims of alleged sexual assault, spoke in phone calls from the jail in Lynwood, where they remain incarcerated. They claim male jail staffers forced them to engage in oral sex, groped and ogled them and offered clean water and other basic supplies in exchange for sexual acts."
"In response to questions about the allegations, the L.A County Sheriff's Department issued a statement to The Times listing a wide range of efforts it said it has undertaken to prevent sexual misconduct by employees and probe inmate complaints. "The Department takes all allegations of sexual misconduct, abuse of authority, and violations of Department policy extremely seriously and they are investigated thoroughly and objectively," the statement said. "The Department maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward any form of sexual abuse or harassment within its facilities.""
Two incarcerated women report sexual assaults by a jailer in a blind spot in a dark stairwell, out of view of security cameras, while they were handcuffed. The women say male jail staff forced oral sex, groped and ogled them, and offered clean water and other basic supplies in exchange for sexual acts. When the women filed reports, they say they were met with retaliation including prolonged solitary confinement in an area known as "the hole." A federal lawsuit lists 38 plaintiffs alleging similar abuse, and an amended complaint added 16 more plaintiffs and requested an injunction barring male guards from viewing women.
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