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Oregon Prison Guard, Guilty of Pocketing $10,811 in Falsified Overtime, Sues for Racism
Loaded on Feb. 4, 2020
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2020, page 54
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Guards/Staff.
Location:
Oregon.
by Mark Wilson
An Oregon prison guard’s 37-year career came to an inglorious end when he was caught stealing $10,881 from the Department of Corrections by falsifying his time cards. After a failed attempt to dismiss the prosecution as being racially motivated, the guard pleaded guilty and paid back his ...
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