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Spokane County Corrections Officials Accused of Cover-up
Loaded on June 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1998, page 11
An independent counsel hired by Spokane County, Washington, says that top officials at the county's Geiger Corrections Center wrongly fired a former guard and then conspired to falsify evidence so the firing would stick. The guard, Sandra "Sunny" Pilkington, was fired for misconduct in 1992 for allegedly hugging one prisoner ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Retaliation,
Retaliation against Staff,
Whistleblowing.
Location:
Washington.
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