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Loaded on May 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News May, 2006, page 42
Filed under: News, News in Brief. Location: United States of America.
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Alabama: On January 8, 2006, Arthur Lee Scruggs, 38, a prisoner at the Donaldson Correctional Facility, was killed by unspecified means in a fight with prisoners Michael Barnes and Gerald Henderson.

Arizona: In August, 2005, a massive drug sting by the FBI led to 16 guilty pleas ...

 

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