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Retaliatory Threats Illegal
Loaded on May 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1995, page 13
Leon Burgess is a Missouri state prisoner. Burgess disrupted a prison disciplinary hearing and guards responded by holding him down, while he was handcuffed, as another guard tried to force a towel into his mouth. When that failed the guard wrapped the towel around Burgess neck and choked him into ...
Filed under:
Threats by Staff,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Summary Judgment,
Complaints,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Missouri.
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