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The 40,600-inmate Pennsylvania state prison system received 135 allegations of inmate-on-inmate nonconsensual sexual acts, which includes a definition that encompasses rape, in 2022, according to ...
Washington is serving a 31- to 100-year state prison sentence. He was found guilty in October 2008 of rape, robbery, terroristic threats and other charges in Allegheny County.
Police misconduct is inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Types of misconduct include among others: sexual offences, coerced false confession, intimidation, false arrest, false imprisonment, falsification of evidence, spoliation of evidence, police perjury, witness tampering, police brutality, police corruption, racial ...
Benton County Corrections Officer Kevin Bell, left, was sworn in nearly five years ago. He was arrested on Tuesday, March 5, for alleged sexual misconduct. Courtesy Benton County Sheriff's Office
Firefighters fought the fires and hundreds of the state police and police departments of five surrounding towns were called in as reinforcement. The police tried to regain control of the prison several times, unsuccessfully. According to one corrections officer quoted by the New York Times, "Last night was a riot. Tonight was war." [9]
This list compiles incidents alleged or proved to be due to police brutality that attracted significant media or historical attention. Many cases are alleged to be of brutality; some cases are more than allegations, with official reports concluding that a crime was committed by police, with some criminal convictions for offences such as grievous bodily harm, planting evidence and wrongful arrest.
Pennsylvania state prison inmate Caine Pelzer was in a solitary confinement cell similar to this one for 15 straight years, ending with a settlement in his civil case in U.S. District Court in ...
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