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Massachusetts Warden Removed After Eight Months on the Job
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2013, page 50
The superintendent of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts was removed from his job only eight months after being promoted to the position.
Filed under:
Supervisor-Staff Harassment,
Misconduct/Corruption,
DOC/BOP misconduct.
Location:
Massachusetts.
Anthony Mendonsa started as a guard in 1978 and worked his way up through the ranks; he was appointed superintendent at Souza-Baranowski in November 2011, then ...
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