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CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List”

Loaded on June 6, 2014 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News June, 2014, page 48
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Prison Gangs, Prison/Jail Murders, Employee Litigation. Location: Mississippi.

CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List”

by Matt Clarke

A federal lawsuit filed by the family of a guard murdered during a riot at a Mississippi facility claims that prison officials knew the guard was on a “hit list” compiled by prisoners when he was called ...

 

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