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Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case
Loaded on March 1, 2016
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2016, page 51
Filed under:
Retaliatory Discipline,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Fire Hoses,
Due Process.
Location:
Arkansas.
A prisoner who was subjected to excessive force and denied due process at the Pike County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Arkansas received $501 plus court costs following a summary judgment order and settlement agreement.
Prisoner Alan C. Onstad was caught by jail guard Jack Naron passing love notes to female ...
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