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Audit Shows Folsom Prison Mismanaged
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2002
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2002, page 7
In December 2001, the state inspector general concluded an excoriating audit of a city-run prison in Folsom, California. The audit was the result of a six-month investigation that met a great deal of resistance from Folsom officials. It "revealed deteriorating buildings, broken equipment, lax supervision of inmates, visitors and volunteers, …
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Staffing,
Premises Liability.
Location:
California.
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