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California Whistleblowers Silenced, Punished
Loaded on July 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1998, page 17
Two California prisoners, suspected of tipping reporters to a controversial story inside the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, were placed in administrative segregation (aka "the hole") and later transferred to other prisons.
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Media Contact,
Prison Industries,
Access to Media.
Location:
California.
A San Diego television station reported in September, 1997, that workers in the prison's CMT Blues …
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