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FBI Investigates CDC Shootings
Loaded on March 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1995, page 11
In the January, 1995, issue of we ran an article about the shooting death of a San Quentin prisoner by California Department of Corrections (CDC) guards. In the past ten years CDC guards have shot and killed 36 prisoners, including three since September, 1994. That is three times more than …
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Shootings.
Location:
California.
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