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Corcoran Prisoner Left Hanging
Loaded on June 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1999, page 7
During a 3 a.m. bed check, a Corcoran (Calif.) State Prison guard spotted a prisoner dangling from a noose in a darkened corner of his ad-seg cell. But rather than pop open the cell door and determine whether he was dead or alive, prison guards remained outside for 18 minutes ...
Filed under:
HIV/AIDS,
Seizures,
Wrongful Death,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Suicides.
Location:
California.
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