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California Guards Set Up Prisoners
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1997
by Willie Wisely
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1997, page 19
After a scandal in which guards boiled a mentally ill prisoner alive, California's most notorious prison is once more the target of an investigation into abuse and excessive force. Pelican Bay prison guards are accused of setting up prisoners convicted of sex offenses against minors for assault. One guard faces ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Threats by Staff,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General).
Location:
California.
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