PRISON BEATING COVERUP JG

STATE DOCUMENTS OBTAINED LAST WEEK SHOW THAT A SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON LIEUTENANT HELPED COVER-UP AN INMATE?S BEATING. THE LIEUTENANT, CLARENCE VANHOOSE, WAS FIRED FOR HELPING TO COVER-UP THE BEATING OF INMATE RAFAEL SERRANO. VANHOOSE WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE ASSAULT, BUT IS ALLEGED TO HAVE KEPT SILENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND TOLD THOSE UNDER HIM TO LIE TO INVESTIGATORS. HIS DISMISSAL WAS OFFICIALLY FILED LAST WEEK AND IS BEING APPEALED TO THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD. EIGHT OTHER DISMISSALS RELATING TO THE INCIDENT ARE ALSO BEING APPEALED.