A former inmate is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for negligence and civil rights violations.
A former inmate is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging it failed to provide her with medical care for a skin disease and accusing deputies of spraying her cell with insecticide.
Shawn F. Matian, an attorney for Arismendez, said his client was forced to endure “menacing and outright hazardous conduct at the hands of sheriff’s officers.”According to the lawsuit, the jail’s medical staff diagnosed Arismendez and her cellmate with scabies, a skin infection, in July. She said that despite repeated complaints of itching and other symptoms, the two women were not given adequate medical care or clean linens, as directed by medical staff.
“I was sick, and medical assistance was denied,” Arismendez said Thursday. “It was degrading and cruel.”The former inmate alleges her conditions continued to deteriorate after her diagnosis. The woman eventually had to use the clogged toilet, causing it to overflow, according to the lawsuit. While attempting to clean the dirty water in her cell, Arismendez said she injured her ankle. But instead of offering her medical attention at that time, a deputy identified only as Deputy VelasquezSoon after, inmate trustees were called to decontaminate the cell.
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