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Arkansas Prisoner Almost Dies After Being Left in Feces
Loaded on April 15, 2010
by Justin Miller
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2010, page 24
An Arkansas prison guard who had been previously fired and rehired by the state’s prison system was terminated a second time after he was involved in an incident that almost resulted in a prisoner’s death.
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Guard Misconduct,
Sanitation,
Excessive Force,
Restraints.
Location:
Arkansas.
On June 22, 2009, the Associated Press reported that Sergeant Bobby Lunsford and Lieutenant John ...
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