{"id":10,"date":"2018-07-30T02:35:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T02:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/30\/el-paso-county-deputies-started-a-fight-club-to\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:20:29","slug":"el-paso-county-deputies-started-a-fight-club-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/07\/30\/el-paso-county-deputies-started-a-fight-club-to\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County Deputies Started a Fight Club to Reward Use of Force Against Prisoners | American Civil Liberties Union"},"content":{"rendered":"
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… in the El Paso County Jail in Colorado, Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Sandra Rincon was celebrated with a tiara, a \u201cprincess\u201d plate, and a cake with the number \u201c50\u201d on top. The number, however, wasn\u2019t her age. It referred to the number of times she had used force against prisoners, ranging from handcuffing to punching and kicking. She was the winner of what one of the county jailers called a \u201cfight club,\u201d crowning whoever used force most often as the champion.<\/p>\n

The uncovering of the \u201cfight club\u201d did lead to an investigation, but that investigation fell far short of being genuine and robust. The investigation largely minimized the culture of violence that led to the \u201cfight club\u201d coming to be in the first place. There were written reprimands, but no demotions, no transfers, or dock of pay for anyone involved, and there was no other disciplinary action along the lines of limited suspension. The competition was dismissed as little more than \u201cbad judgment,\u201d and the county denied that it resulted in increased use of force, even though incidents of use of force nearly doubled during the first two years of the competition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

El Paso County Deputies Started a Fight Club to Reward Use of Force Against Prisoners | American Civil Liberties Union<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… in the El Paso County Jail in Colorado, Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Sandra Rincon was celebrated with a tiara, a \u201cprincess\u201d plate, and a cake with the number \u201c50\u201d on top. The number, however, wasn\u2019t her age. 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