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Death at North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2004
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2004, page 10
Death At North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Injury -- Misc.,
Diabetes,
Amputations,
Criminal Prosecution,
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Fire Hazards,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
North Carolina.
by Michael Rigby
The death of Christopher Lee Wood
at North Carolina's Cherokee County jail has served to illuminate a sordid history of prisoner abuse, FBI investigations and lawsuits. It has also resulted in the sheriff and the chief jailer …
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