Pubdate: Mon, 27 Sep,1999 Source: Orange County Register (CA) Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register Contact: http://www.ocregister.com/ Section: News, page 4 REPORT SAYS GUARDS BRUTALIZED YOUTHS Guards at California's top youth prison allegedly brutalized inmates, locked them in excrement-covered cells and forced some to battle rival gang members, according to a state report. The allegations stem from a six-month investigation of the California Youth Authority facility performed by the state's inspector general. The investigation showed that inmates at the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino were sometimes improperly drugged, slammed into walls and forced into cells with urine and excrement on the floor, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing unidentified sources close to the study. - --- MAP posted-by: Thunder