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Three New Mexico Jail Guards Convicted of Assault, Obstruction of Justice
Loaded on July 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2013, page 47
As previously reported in PLN, prisoner Christopher Shields was beaten by guards at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) on December 21, 2011. [See: PLN, April, 2012 p.50].
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
New Mexico.
Five MDC guards were arrested in connection with the assault or the subsequent attempted cover-up, including three charged in federal court. ...
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