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Sexual Extortion Violates Eighth Amendment

Loaded on Jan. 15, 1996 published in Prison Legal News January, 1996, page 13
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Gay/Lesbian, Snitch Jacketing, Eighth Amendment, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise. Location: Washington.
Afederal court in the District of Columbia held that a prisoner who was extorted for sex by a prison guard and labeled a snitch as a result states a claim for an eighth amendment violation and qualified immunity is not appropriate. Gregory Thomas is a District of Columbia prisoner in ...

 

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