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Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2007
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2007, page 38
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Unions.
Location:
Florida.
Five former prison guards convicted in federal court on criminal charges stemming from a sex-for-contraband scandal at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) in Tallahassee, Florida have been sentenced; four received prison terms.
When federal agents arrived at FCI Tallahassee on June 21, 2006, they expected to …
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