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Corcoran Prison Cover-up
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1997
by Willie Wisely
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1997, page 14
by W. Wisely
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Gang Policies,
Retaliation,
Whistleblowing,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Exercise,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Shootings,
Guard Unions.
Location:
California.
On October 7, 1994, former California prison guard Richard Caruso decided he had enough. The frequent shooting of prisoners forced into fights staged, then covered up, by guards at Corcoran prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) weighed on his conscience. So, Caruso gathered evidence of the abuse and ...
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- Washington Grievance Mail Case Reversed
- Costs of Crime, by JW Mason
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- Eyewitness News from Missouri, by K.C.
- New Improved Chain Gang, by F.B.
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- South Carolina Consent Decree Terminated under PLRA
- Corcoran Prison Cover-up, by Willie Wisely
- Tennessee Jail Overcrowding is State's Fault
- Prison Health Report Issued
- Book Review: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
- Women's Prison Book Project
- World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey
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- New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated
- Prison Population Growth in 1995
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- Private Prison Liable for Wrongful Imprisonment
- Lawsuits Target Georgia Prison Abuse, by Robert Bensing
- ADA Requires Phones for Deaf
- News in Brief
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- Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot, Dec. 15, 2001
- California Dials Wrong Number, Nov. 15, 2001
- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
- Cowboys and Prisoners, Sept. 15, 2001
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- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
- Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, July 15, 2001
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