ACLU Report Claims Inmates Are Under Attack

The civil rights group released a report on Wednesday blasting the county for what they say is abuse of inmates. Registered nurse Sandra Neal, also the mother of an inmate, says her son – who is in jail for failing to appear in court on a traffic charge – suffered facial fractures, nasal fracture, a collapsed lung and cracked teeth in an altercation with deputies. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says the department has investigated the claims and “probably will dispute” charges that supervisors were in on the alleged attacks. Gordon Tokumatsu reports from Downtown LA for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2012.