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Loaded on Oct. 15, 2011 published in Prison Legal News October, 2011, page 50
Filed under: News, News in Brief. Location: Texas.
Alaska: On June 29, 2011, a federal pretrial detainee, Sabil Mujahid, 54, was convicted of a dozen charges related to raping and threatening three other prisoners at the Anchorage Correctional Center. Mujahid was accused of preying on smaller, younger prisoners who had cognitive disabilities. He was being held at the ...

 

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