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Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2005, page 34
Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in Five-Point Restraint Unconstitutional
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Food,
Toilets,
Restraints,
Court Appearances,
Civil Procedure,
Jury Instructions,
New Trial Motions,
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Virginia.
by Matthew T. Clarke
A federal court in Virginia held that prison officials violated a prisoner's constitutional rights when they strapped his ankles, wrists and chest to a bed for over 67 hours.
Gary Neal Sadler, a Connecticut state prisoner ...
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