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California and Connecticut Reinstate Jobs of Fired Guards

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News February, 2006, page 32
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Guard Unions. Locations: California, Connecticut.
In a process fabled for reinstating 6070% of the jobs of fired prison guards, a unanimous California State Personnel Board (SPB) ordered the positions of six previously dismissed Youth Authority guards restored with full back pay. And in a strikingly similar case, Connecticut did the same for one guard.

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