A recently released study says deaths involving incarcerated Black and Latino men in L.A. County jails were misclassified by authorities.

According to researchers at UCLA, the cause of death for many Black and Latino men in L.A. County jails was misclassified as natural or undetermined, often to conceal beatings at the hands of jail guards.

The report was a part of a study released on Wednesday that analyzed the deaths of 59 men over a 10-year period between 2009 and 2019.

Researchers said more than 75 percent of the jail deaths occurred before the inmates stood trial.

There were 292 deaths in L.A. County jails reported during the 10-year period. According to the researchers, security holds prevented them from accessing case files of the remaining reported deaths.

L.A. County officials reportedly disputed that claim saying researchers requested 210 autopsy reports, and that they mailed them all between January and April of last year.

More details about this study can be found here.