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Arkansas Guards Indicted for Shocking Prisoners

Loaded on July 15, 2001 published in Prison Legal News July, 2001, page 17
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Assaults on Staff. Location: Arkansas.
Arkansas Guards Indicted For Shocking Prisoners

On February 7, 2001, criminal charges were filed in a federal District Court in Arkansas against 6 former guards who beat handcuffed prisoners and shocked them with a stungun and a cattle prod.

On January 7, 1998, two reportedly unruly prisoners at the Cummins …

 

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