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HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner
Loaded on April 15, 2012
by Alex Friedmann
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2012, page 20
On March 8, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC – the parent organization of Prison Legal News), in conjunction with three other organizations, sent a letter to Derrick Schofield, Commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections (TDOC), regarding policy changes that Schofield had implemented.
Filed under:
Failure to Protect (General),
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Media,
PLN Litigation,
Assaults on Staff,
Failure to Protect (Staff).
Locations:
Georgia,
Tennessee.
Within months after being appointed ...
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