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5-Point Restraints = Excessive Force + Due Process Violation Results in $25,000 Virginia Damage Award

A federal court in Virginia held that subjecting a prisoner to five-point restraints for 46-48 hours on five occasions was cruel and unusual punishment. It also found the lack of procedural protections deprived the prisoner of due process of law.

Charles Card was confined at Virginia?s Sussex II State Prison ...

 

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