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The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prison
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008
by Alan Prendergast
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2008, page 1
Bought by the state for a dollar, Fort Lyon is rich in history, asbestos, sick prisoners and trouble.
Filed under:
Geriatric Classification,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Work,
Prison Labor,
Environmental Law,
Sewage,
Water,
Asbestos.
Location:
Colorado.
by Alan Prendergast
History Lesson #1
In 1829, William Bent headed west to join his older brother in the fur business. William was twenty years old, the son of a Missouri supreme ...
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