Assistant Sheriff John "Rocky" Hewitt, who supervises the jail, said an internal investigation found no evidence of
mistreatment, but a new investigation would be launched into the claim's allegations. Hewitt also denied that any
inmates suffered broken bones. He said that deputies suffered sprains and one had a shoulder injury.
"That is a flat-out lie that any inmate was beat," he said. "I will investigate every accusation, and I will pursue false
reports." Hewitt said inmates were rioting and had overflowed their toilets, causing the cells to flood. He said two
lieutenants were called to supervise as deputies negotiated with inmates for an hour before entering cells.
Slipp said he has interviewed 23 inmates and, he said, all told of deputies in riot gear "systematically" beating them,
cell by cell.
"What they did here was not reasonable and necessary (force), and had this happened in a Third World nation,
we'd be pointing our fingers," Slipp said. The county has 45 days to act on the claim.
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