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Corcoran Prison Sex, Lies, and Videotape
by W. Wisely
Iheard yelling and screaming. I heard batons hitting," Connie Foster told California lawmakers at a joint legislative hearing into brutality at Corcoran prison July 28, 1998. Foster, who worked at the prison from 1987 to 1996, spoke quietly about watching guards beat a prisoner lying face down …
Iheard yelling and screaming. I heard batons hitting," Connie Foster told California lawmakers at a joint legislative hearing into brutality at Corcoran prison July 28, 1998. Foster, who worked at the prison from 1987 to 1996, spoke quietly about watching guards beat a prisoner lying face down …
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- Loompanics Unlimited, by Paul Wright
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- Anatomy of a Whitewash, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
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- The Buck Stops Where?, by Alex Friedmann
- Devil's Island Redux
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- Georgia DOC Turns to Private Prisons, by Alex Friedmann
- Ohio Sells Prison Records
- PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Does Not Apply to Ex-Cons
- No Administrative Exhaustion for Bivens Suit
- FRCP 12(b)(6) Standard Applied to PLRA Dismissals
- No Exhaustion Required for Money Damage Claims
- Maryland Indigent Court Cost Suit Settled
- Utah Porn Ban Rescinded; Suit Settled
- Wisconsin Transfers Spark Protest
- Ohio Union Officials Protest Prison Labor
- Phone Profits 'Benefit' Jail Detainees
- Manslaughter Charges Against Three TX Guards Dismissed
- CT Prisoners Pinched for Cost of Imprisonment
- Four Indicted in Videotaped Brazoria Jail Beatings
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- New Trial After Magistrate Conducts Jury Selection
- Trial Required in New Jersey Diabetic Care Suit
- Prisoner Attendance at Depositions Discussed
- California Lifers Covered by Tolling Statute
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More from Willie Wisely:
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- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, Jan. 15, 2002
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- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
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- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
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