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CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List”
Loaded on June 6, 2014
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2014, page 48
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Prison Rebellion,
Prison Gangs,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Mississippi.
CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List”
by Matt Clarke
A federal lawsuit filed by the family of a guard murdered during a riot at a Mississippi facility claims that prison officials knew the guard was on a “hit list” compiled by prisoners when he was called ...
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