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California Prison Excessive Force Death Suit Settled For $850,000
Loaded on June 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2006, page 30
A Corcoran State Prison prisoner whose psychotropic medications had not been renewed for 20 days died from excessive force used to subdue him when he suffered withdrawal symptoms. On November 4, 2005, California settled his parents civil rights wrongful death suit brought in the federal district court for $850,000. In ...
Filed under:
Medication,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Wrongful Death,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
California.
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