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North Carolina Warden Charged With Obstruction in Beating Coverup
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2012, page 40
Richard L. Neely, the former warden at Lanesboro Correctional Institution, was charged in April 2011 with obstruction of justice, a Class H felony, for withholding or ordering the destruction of evidence relevant to an investigation at the prison.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
North Carolina.
Neely became warden at Lanesboro in November 2009 after allegations involving use ...
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