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Ohio Prisoner Wins $4,525 Award For Assault By Guard
Loaded on July 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2008, page 40
On May 12, 2007, the Court of Claims of Ohio issued a judgment in favor of an Ohio state prisoner awarding him $4,525 for an assault by a guard.Daniel Booth, an Ohio state prisoner, was working in the kitchen at Southeastern Correctional Institution when he became involved in an …
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