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Jury Awards $8,000 in California Prison Assault
Loaded on April 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1999, page 16
On November 23, 1998, a federal jury in Sacramento, California, awarded state prisoner Johnny Garcia $8,000 in damages stemming from a prison assault. On January 3, 1994, Garcia (a member of the Northern Mexican prison gang, AKA Norteño) was placed in administrative segregation (ad seg) at New Folsom on charges ...
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Damages.
Location:
California.
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