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$168,500 Awarded in Prisoner's Death
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1996, page 19
Gregory Stampley, 46, was convicted in 1993 of kidnapping and making terroristic threats. He was sentenced to eight years and sent to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater. Prison doctors who examined him diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, aggressive-personality disorder and bipolar disorder.
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Damages,
Settlements,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Mental Health,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Minnesota.
According to court documents, on Jan. 13 or 14, ...
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