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Guard Socked for $37,500 in Vendetta
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1999, page 15
A federal jury awarded $37,500 to a Massachusetts prisoner who said a man he shot in the head in 1991 became a prison guard, sought him out, and became his worst nightmare.
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Massachusetts.
Zeferino DePina, 24, claimed that prison officials did nothing while the guard, Filipe Monteiro, harassed and beat him ...
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