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Shackling States Claim
Loaded on July 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1994, page 10
Jerome Williams is a Michigan state prisoner. After damaging the toilet in his cell, Williams was removed from his cell and placed in restraints where he was fully restrained by chains and shackled to his bed; where he remained for 73 hours. He was allowed to smoke and use the ...
Filed under:
Appointment of Counsel,
Excessive Force,
Restraints,
Discovery,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Michigan.
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