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$7,500 Awarded in Guard Beating
Loaded on June 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1997, page 27
A federal district court in Delaware awarded a prisoner $7,500 in damages after ruling the prisoner was beaten without provocation by a prison guard. Augustus Evans, a Delaware state prisoner was in segregation and repeatedly asked guards to turn off his cell light. When they refused he became loud and …
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages.
Location:
Delaware.
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