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Moors Settle with Indiana DOC
Loaded on May 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1997, page 18
As a result of more than 15 years of struggle and litigation, the Moorish Science Temple and the Indiana Department of Corrections entered into a settlement agreement stemming from a suit filed by Granville Radford-Bey and Spencer Caldwell-Bey.On August 30, 1996, the Moors at Plainfield Correctional Facility were allowed …
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