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More Prisoners Murdered in Texas Federal Prisons
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2008, page 17
Until February 13, 2008, Ronald Joseph, 29, was serving time at a federal penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas for firearm and drug-related convictions. On that date he was found dead in his cell; a preliminary autopsy report indicated he had been murdered.
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Gang Policies,
Prison Rebellion,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Failure to Protect (General),
Death Penalty.
Location:
Texas.
“[A] precise cause of death” has not been determined, …
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