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New York: Prisoner Kills Himself After Brutal Beating by Guards
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2020
by Chad Marks
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2020, page 53
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Suicides.
Location:
New York.
by Chad Marks
On February 24, 2020 lawyers filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Dante Taylor’s estate after he was found dead in his prison cell at Wende Correctional Facility.
The lawsuit alleges that prison guards beat Taylor until he was unconscious. Shortly afterward, Taylor committed suicide. Court filings ...
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