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$40,000 Paid in Washington Guards' Defamation Suit

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records, Employee Litigation. Location: Washington.

Michael and Heidi Malpass, husband and wife, worked at the
Washington Corrections Center as guards in 1997. Using hearsay
information provided by WCC staff members, Lt. Waller compiled a list of
eleven names of persons claimed to be involved in or associated with
others involved in white supremacist or other ...

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