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‘Gassing’

An inmate at a jail in Alameda County, California, claims in federal court that guards broke his arm and then ordered another inmate to throw feces and urine at him several times over a four-month period, a "despicable and hellacious" practice known as gassing.

OAKLAND, Calif. – An inmate at a jail in Alameda County, California, claims in federal court that guards broke his arm and then ordered another inmate to throw feces and urine at him several times over a four-month period, a "despicable and hellacious" practice known as gassing.

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