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Michigan Prisoner Assaulted By Jailers Awarded $2,000
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2007
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2007, page 35
On June 9, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan awarded $2,000 to a prisoner who was beaten by jailers in the Macomb County Jail.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Michigan.
While imprisoned at the jail on October 27, 2004, plaintiff William F. Diaz claimed he was beaten by jailer Anthony Romita. …
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