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Prison Officials Liable for Gang Member's Murder
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2003, page 22
A federal court in Connecticut de-nied prison officials qualified immunity in an action arising from the murder of a gang member by his cellmate while housed in a Close Custody unit. Juan Rodriguez, a prisoner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections, (CDOC) and a member of the Latin Kings gang, ...
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