Virginia’s two Democratic senators asked the Trump administration Friday for answers about operations at a juvenile detention facility in the state where immigrant children said they were bound, beaten and isolated in solitary confinement. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine sent to the head of the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement questions about the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center. The Associated Press reported Thursday that six Latino teens had made sworn statements detailing severe abuse they said they endured between 2015 and 2018, under both the Obama and Trump administrations. In court filings, lawyers for the detention facility have denied all allegations of physical abuse.
Deputies and prisoners united last Friday in an effort to save an inmate’s life at Men’s Central Jail.
The man, in his 40's, was described as gray and lifeless when LA County Sheriff’s deputies found him in his bunk at 10 p.m. Friday, after inmates alerted the dorm officer that the man was having chest pains.
"He immediately stopped breathing. And his pulse disappeared. Deputy (Tunisia Black) was monitoring his pulse at his ankle and noticed his breathing stopped. We immediately fipped him on his back, and started CPR," Senior Dep. Michael Schrum said.
Schrum, Black, and Custody Assistant Carlos Luna tended to the inmate.
"Then it stopped again and we laid him on the floor. And then we did the chest compressions again, and then the nursing staff arrived," Deputy Tunisia Black said.
Another inmate volunteered to assist and do a mouth to mouth resuscitation, officials said.
The actions resulted in the inmate regaining consciousness and breathing on his own. He was treated by paramedics and returned to the inmate population.
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"There were tears in people's eyes, and everyone was applauding when we got up," Schrum said.
Men’s Central Jail is home to more than 4,700 inmates, some awaiting trial and others serving time.
"They said thank you and they were very appreciative that we saved one of the inmates," Black said.
In December, 18 former and current deputies were indicted for allegedly beating inmates at Men's Central Jail.
"(Friday's lifesaving incident) was one of those moments where you've got an inmate and a deputy sheriff working together to accomplish a goal, a lifesaving goal at that," Capt. Dan Dyer said.
