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No Right to Self-Defense in Prison
Loaded on July 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1994, page 10
John Rowe is an Indiana state prisoner. A prisoner named Michael Evans was moved into a cell next to Rowe and Rowe complained to staff, who did nothing. Evans sent Rowe a note demanding sexual favors. The next morning Evans entered Rowe's cell and attempted to rape him, Rowe screamed ...
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