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Riverside County jail
Coverage of Riverside County jail in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Psychological war’: Inside California’s expanding use of jailhouse stings
California's law enforcement agencies use 'Perkins operations' to pose as incarcerated individuals and extract information from suspects, a tactic criticized for coercion and racial disparities. Jason Zapata's experience in a Riverside County jail highlights the psychological pressure faced by inmates during these operations, which involve undercover agents pretending to be violent gang members.