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Washington DOC Guard Sanctioned For Unnecessary Force

Loaded on May 15, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Threats by Staff, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Employee Litigation. Location: Washington.

Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Alonzo Belen appealed a six month salary reduction for procedural and safety violations as well as use of inappropriate force. The reduction was affirmed.

Belen was employed as a guard at the Washington Corrections Center (WCC) in 1992. In 1995, while training an …

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