Riverside County Sheriff lied about inmate deaths to avoid lawsuits, new lawsuit alleges
The Riverside County Sheriff now faces a new federal lawsuit. The family of Richard Matus Jr. filed it, and it alleges that the sheriff’s department misreported inmate deaths to avoid lawsuits. Lawsuit over inmate deaths against the Riverside County Sheriff Richard Matus Jr. is counted among the record-breaking number of deaths in Riverside County jails…