Ex-Jail Guards Sue Over Prison Beatings
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 07:39:47 AM EST
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Posted on Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 07:39:47 AM EST
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In Chicago, "two former Cook County Jail guards have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Sheriff Michael Sheahan and 12 current or former correctional officers, alleging that a pattern of harassment and threats forced them to resign because they refused to cover up beatings of prisoners at the jail."
At issue will be whether there was a "code of silence" at the jail that mandated the officers not report on other officers who beat the inmates, and whether violation of that code led to "harassment, humiliation and death threats."
Be prepared....this is one of the ugliest, most graphic articles we've seen on inmate beatings.
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