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California Guards Indicted in Rapes
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1999
by Willie Wisely
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1999, page 8
By W. Wisely
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Guard Misconduct,
Threats by Staff,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Failure to Protect (General).
Location:
California.
More than five years after they set two prisoners up to be raped, then concealed their crimes by falsifying documents and lying to investigators, five guards from California's Corcoran prison were indicted on October 8, 1998, by a Kings County grand jury, according to the Associated Press. …
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More from this issue:
- Our Sisters' Keepers, by Daniel Burton-Rose
- Human Rights Report Details Women in Prison
- Campaign to End Slavery in American Prisons
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Book Review: Breaking the Walls of Silence, by Laura Whitehorn
- Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
- Felony Trial for Planted Knife Is Malicious Prosecution
- Attorney Fee Cap Inapplicable to Pre-PLRA Suits; PLRA Automatic Stay Provisions Constitutional
- Dismissal with Prejudice for Failure to Exhaust; Prison Must Process Grievance within Time Limits
- New York Prison Guard Nailed with DNA Evidence
- California Guards Indicted in Rapes, by Willie Wisely
- Virginia Prison "Fire Trap" Finding Reversed
- Threats to File Grievances Protected
- University Professor Shills for Private Prison Industry, by Alex Friedmann
- Samuels v. Mockry Reversed Once Again
- Scott Superceded
- Washington 35% Statute Upheld in State Court
- Settlement in Washington State Deaf Prisoners' Lawsuit, by Jeff Crollard
- Duffy v. Riveland: Some Comments Regarding the Court's January 20, 1998 Summary Judgment Ruling, by Leonard Feldman
- California Gas Chamber Ruling Vacated
- PLN Writer Settles Nude Photo Suit for $3,000
- Illinois Sheriffs Are County Employees
- Guard Socked for $37,500 in Vendetta
- Rikers Island Brutality Suit Settled, by Jonathan Chasan
- Victim of Guard Rape Awarded $50,000
- Abuse of Discretion to Dismiss Medical Suit
- Abuse of Prisoners Confirmed at CCA Facility
- Eighth Circuit Reinstates $80,000 Damage Award in Rape Case
- No Credit for Time Served on Wrongful Conviction
- Parole Officer Recommendation Not Protected by Absolute Immunity
- Cancellation of TDCJ/VitaPro Contract Reversed
- Trial Required in Wisconsin Excessive Force Suit
- No Right to Mutual Legal Assistance in 11th Circuit
- Prisoners Entitled to Money Damages and Injunctive Relief under ADA and RA
- Colorado Contraband Rule Requires Visitor Notice
- Indiana Jail Ban on Publications Struck Down
- News in Brief
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- Temporary Injunction Issued to Prevent Sex Offender Notification to Employer
- Spencer Applied to Parolee's § 1983 Claim
More from Willie Wisely:
- From the Editor, Sept. 15, 2002
- California Guards Bust Budget, June 15, 2002
- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, Jan. 15, 2002
- Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot, Dec. 15, 2001
- California Dials Wrong Number, Nov. 15, 2001
- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
- Cowboys and Prisoners, Sept. 15, 2001
- Racist Knot of Florida Guards, Sept. 15, 2001
- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
- Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, July 15, 2001
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