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TX Guards Charged in Beating Murder

Loaded on Jan. 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News January, 1995, page 8
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings. Location: Texas.
On October 7, 1994, 15 of about 300 prisoners in the recreation yard of the Terrell Prison Unit in Livingston, TX, attacked prison staff.  One guard suffered a broken nose. Prison guards beat several prisoners in retaliation for the attack. On October 9, 1994, Michael McCoy died in a hospital ...

 

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