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Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim

Loaded on July 31, 2015 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News August, 2015, page 44
Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Suicides. Location: Delaware.

Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim

by Derek Gilna

In what can only be considered a step backward for holding corrections officials accountable for the preventable suicide of prisoners in their custody, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the doctrine of qualified immunity shields …

 

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