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Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access
Loaded on March 15, 2009
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2009, page 25
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Oregon.
Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access
by Mark Wilson
An Oregon jail guard who bragged in an online forum that he beat a prisoner and then had the prisoner charged criminally will not face charges himself, according to the Multnomah County District …
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