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AP: Sex Offenders Especially Vulnerable in California's Prisons
Loaded on Sept. 7, 2016
by Joe Watson
Filed under:
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Failure to Protect (General),
Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
Location:
California.
As soon as he arrived at Salinas Valley State Prison in northern California, Alan Ager believed his life was in danger.
"The very day they let him into the yard, he was filing complaints, 'Get me the hell out of here,'" said Ager's son, Daniel. "'This is not safe. I'm …
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