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Aftermath MANCI Control Unit & Perotti Update
Loaded on June 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1991, page 9
Numerous organizations inquired into the beatings of six prisoners in the AC Control Unit at Mansfield, Ohio prison by 35 guards. The Cleveland ACLU has requested a written explanation and investigation into the matter. A civil rights complaint was filed by a free world citizen with the U.S. Department of …
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Hunger Strikes,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Ohio.
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