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BOP Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Brutality Charges
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2001
by Robert Durkee
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2001, page 16
In an ongoing criminal investigation, the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, is continuing its probe into allegations of obstruction of justice and other civil rights violations at the federal prison in Beaumont, Texas. The investigation took a dramatic leap forward when Bryan Small, a 34-year-old lieutenant at the …
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Texas.
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- California State Prisoner's Handbook, by John E Dannenberg
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