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A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004 by Peter Costanza published in Prison Legal News November, 2004, page 1
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Premises Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Guard Unions. Location: Massachusetts.
On August 23, 2003, the 26 men in Unit J-1 at SBCC, a "supermax" prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, were finishing lunch. It was just before noon. There was one guard in the unit, a prison guard named David Lonergan. Two guards were assigned to J-1 on that shift, but the …

 

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