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Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $250,000 for Assault During Strip Search
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2006, page 35
On March 25, 2005, a federal jury awarded a Massachusetts prisoner $250,000 in damages for injuries sustained when he was assaulted by a guard during a strip search.
Filed under:
Cell Searches,
Strip Searches,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Massachusetts.
Guards William Shugrue and a Jeffrey Padula were members all the Inner Perimeter Security Unit (IPS) at the Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionCedar Junction, ...
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