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Florida’s Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual
Loaded on June 15, 2007
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2007, page 12
Florida's Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Telephones,
Attorney Calls,
Telephone Monitoring.
Location:
Florida.
by David M. Reutter
Despite Florida's Broward County jail (BCJ) being under the supervision of a court-appointed monitor, recent incidents reveal prisoners are still at danger. BCJ has been under supervision since a 1994 consent decree that settled a conditions of ...
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