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Prisoners Faced Violent Hazing In Troubled Pennsylvania Jail
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2005, page 29
by Michael Rigby
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Overcrowding,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
At least 50 prisoners entering Pennsylvania's Somerset County Jail over a 2-year period were beaten as part of a violent hazing ritual that went unchecked by jail authorities. This combined with serious overcrowding and a history of poor performance has placed the jail in danger of decertification.
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