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Abuse of Force at Virginia's Supermax
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2000
by Dan Pens
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2000, page 8
Shoot 'Em if They Step Out of Line
Filed under:
Retaliation for Media Contact,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Shootings.
Location:
Virginia.
by Dan Pens
Shortly after publication of the July PLN, cover article: "Strip Mining Human Rights in Virginia's Supermax Dungeons", PLN received a letter from a prisoner at Red Onion, one of Virginia's two new "supermax" prisons. "You wouldn't believe it," he ...
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