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Eight California Prison Guards Indicted
Loaded on July 15, 1998
by Willie Wisely
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1998, page 13
by W. Wisely
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Shootings.
Location:
California.
It's going to be duck-hunting season," said one of the Corcoran prison guards who staged fights between prisoners in rival gangs just before Preston Tate was shot and killed according to Department of Corrections reports. Now eight Corcoran guards, including a lieutenant and two sergeants, are under ...
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- Where International Law Ain't Law, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
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- FBI Law Enforcement Sting Nabs 53 in Ohio
- High-Tech Vendors Penetrate Prison Market
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- Transgender Treatment Questioned
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More from Willie Wisely:
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- California Guards Bust Budget, June 15, 2002
- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, Jan. 15, 2002
- Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot, Dec. 15, 2001
- California Dials Wrong Number, Nov. 15, 2001
- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
- Cowboys and Prisoners, Sept. 15, 2001
- Racist Knot of Florida Guards, Sept. 15, 2001
- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
- Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, July 15, 2001
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