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Jail Guards' Convictions Affirmed
Loaded on May 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1996, page 16
On November 29, 1995, the US court of appeals for the sixth circuit issued a ruling affirming the federal conviction of three jail guards for violating prisoners' civil rights. Ulysses Tines, Glynn Bridgeforth and Belinda Marshall were guards employed at the Shelby County jail in Memphis, TN. Marshall was the ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Tennessee.
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