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$1.65 Million Settlement for Family of Prisoner Killed at Rikers Island
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2021
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2021, page 32
Casey Holloway was killed while in the mental health observation unit at the notorious Rikers Island Correctional Facility. Artemio Rosa, another prisoner with a history of violence, strangled the 35-year-old Holloway as he sat in a chair. Holloway was in jail facing robbery charges when Rosa decided to strangle him. ...
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- 25 Years of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, by John Boston
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
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