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Nine California Guards Fired For Prisoner Assaults
Loaded on April 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 21
Nine guards at California's maximum security Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), including some belonging to the Green Wall" satanic gang of rogue guards, were fired on November 8, 2004 as a disciplinary action for allegedly assaulting a prisoner and then conspiring to keep the beating secret. A tenth official was ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Retaliation against Staff,
Whistleblowing,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Guard Unions.
Location:
California.
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