READING THIS A MINUTE AGO DIDN'T HELP! Its from an article in the LA Times in August 2009 about a US Gov. investigation of TL (that's where he is). I don't think addicts deserve to be treated like the other criminals. If the US Gov. has AGREED that addiction/alcoholism is a disease then why do they treat people who have only been arrested for minor drug possession like murders and rapists???
The Justice Department is examining various cases to determine whether there is a pattern of Orange County violating the civil rights of inmates. Among the more recent cases, an inmate was stomped to death by fellow prisoners after a deputy allegedly and erroneously told them he was child molester. A county grand jury later criticized the Sheriff's Department for trying to impede the investigation and concluded that there was evidence of rampant abuse at the TL Jail in Orange.
