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Louisiana Prison Officials Sued for Trying to Block Investigation into Abuse of Disabled Prisoners
Loaded on April 2, 2018
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2018, page 32
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Retaliatory Segregation,
Exposure to Cold,
Exposure to Heat,
Excessive Force,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Louisiana.
by David M. Reutter
Alleging a “culture of cover-up and excessive force,” the MacArthur Justice Center and the Advocacy Center of Louisiana (ACL) filed a class-action lawsuit in February 2018 against officials at the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC) and the David Wade Correctional Center (DWCC).
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