Calling the ACLU

A maximum-security jail was in a lockdown Sunday, a day after a race- related riot left one inmate dead and more than 100 injured.

Investigators were interviewing hundreds of inmates and witnesses to the fighting that erupted between black and Hispanic prisoners Saturday at the North County Correctional Facility, about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said. . .

Black and Hispanic inmates at the facility remained segregated Sunday. It is illegal to segregate prisoners based on race or ethnicity, but legal advisers said it could be done in emergency situations, said Sam Jones, chief custody officer with the Los Angeles County jail system.

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Some ACLU-ite isn't going to happy about this segregation. I predict a lawsuit, though it'll be framed in terms of extent or duration ("They didn't need to segregate all the prisoners" or "Two hours of segregation would've been sufficient").