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Physician Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Prisoners in Georgia, District of Columbia
Loaded on Aug. 12, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2014, page 42
Physician Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Prisoners in Georgia, District of Columbia
On August 28, 2012, Dr. Lewis Jackson, 37, was indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually abusing prisoners at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Atlanta, Georgia. The alleged abuse occurred while Jackson was out on bond pending ...
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