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The Violent American Epidemic You Won’t Hear About: Why Prison Abuse Goes Unreported and Unpunished

Loaded on March 9, 2017 by Daniel Denvir published in Prison Legal News March, 2017, page 16
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Guard Unions. Location: United States of America.

A culture of silence pervades America’s penal system, where victims have little recourse against powerful abusers

by Daniel Denvir, Salon

In April 2015, New York Administrative Law Judge Faye Lewis recommended that Rikers Island prison guard Aubrey Victor be fired; he had, she determined, hit a prisoner …

 

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