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California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2006 by Marvin Mentor published in Prison Legal News November, 2006, page 18
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Gang Policies, Prison/Jail Murders, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Three Strikes, Death Penalty, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff, Guard Unions, Failure to Protect (Staff). Location: California.

A prison guard at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino was stabbed to death in the Sycamore Hall housing unit on January 10, 2005 by an East Coast Crips gang-affiliated prisoner who had just begun a 75-year-to-life three-strikes enhanced sentence for the attempted murder of a Los Angeles ...

 

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