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TX: Lawsuit Filed Against Geo & Reeves Co In Death of Immigrant Detained at Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Lawsuit filed in prison death of illegal immigrant By PAUL J. WEBER The Associated Press December 8, 2010 SAN ANTONIO -- Family members of an illegal immigrant found dead in a federal prison filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Texas facility, where inmates took hostages and set fires during a riot after the man's body was carried out. The 96-page federal lawsuit revives attention on the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, about 175 miles east of El Paso. The prison came under scrutiny in 2008, following the death of Jesus Manuel Galindo and two riots just six weeks apart that caused an estimated $1 million in damage. Galindo died in December 2008 after the 32-year-old had an epileptic seizure while placed in solitary confinement, his family's attorneys said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 09, 2010 (boomark / email).