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$241,000 Damages Upheld in Beating
Loaded on May 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1990, page 5
$241,000 DAMAGES UPHELD IN BEATING
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Eighth Amendment,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Missouri.
A prisoner riot broke out when thirty prisoners forced their way into an area where they fought guards who were trying to remove a drunken prisoner. During the fight, one guard was fatally stabbed and several others wounded. When the disturbance quieted down, prison officials …
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