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Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2006
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2006, page 28
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Injury -- Misc.,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Stun Guns/Tasers.
Location:
Washington.
Eight Spokane County Jail guards were placed on paid administrative leave while investigators probed the death of a prisoner under their care, but they werent suspended for long. All were back at work within two weeks.
Benites Salmon Sichiro, 39, was booked into the jail on January 27, 2006 for ...
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