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Rape and Racism in Washington Prisons
Loaded on May 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2002, page 23
The Second Division of the Court of Appeals of Washington overturned a jury verdict against the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) in which a prison sergeant sued DOC for racially discriminatory treatment against him.
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Racial Discrimination,
Civil Procedure,
Evidentiary Ruling,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
Geronimo Subia is a male prison sergeant of Native American and Hispanic descent. Since 1988, Subia ...
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