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Prisoner Victims of Guard Assault Win Damages
Loaded on June 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1991, page 3
Prisoner Victims Of Guard Assault Win Damages
Filed under:
Notice of Hearing,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Municipal Liability,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Washington.
Ten prisoners in the D.C. jail learned they were being transferred to another facility. A number of the inmates passively resisted the transfer. They alleged that after the transfer, they were beaten by correctional officers. None of the inmates were placed in maximum …
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