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California Prisoner Moved to Formerly Condemned Facility with No Bed Settles Civil Rights Suit
Loaded on July 26, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
by Christopher Zoukis
David C. Moore, a California prisoner who was temporarily sent to a different prison and assigned to a cell with no bed, the conditions of which caused him back pains, headaches and allergies, reached a settlement with prison officials.
On August 8, 2009, a …
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