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The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department reports there have been no “substantiated” allegations of rape or sexual abuse filed by jail inmates against deputies in recent years.

One county official said the claim shows “something wrong with the process” for investigating. Another called it “a red flag.”

The Sheriff’s Department said all sexual abuse and harassment allegations made by inmates “are documented and processed promptly, thoroughly and objectively.”

There hasn’t been a “substantiated” allegation of sexual abuse by staff against an inmate in the nation’s largest jail system since 2021.

At first glance, the statistic — based on Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department data — mig

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