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Hawaiian Prisoners Beaten, Threatened in CCA Prison in Arizona

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Hawaiian Prisoners Beaten, Threatened in CCA Prison in Arizona Dec. 16, 2010 A lawsuit brought on behalf of 18 Hawaiian prisoners held in Corrections Corporation of America?s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy charges that guards stripped, beat, and kicked the prisoners and threatened to kill them in retaliation for a prison disturbance over the summer that injured a CCA employee. The guards beat the prisoners in order to coerce statements from them. The guards beat their heads against tables while they were stripped to their underwear with their hands cuffed behind their backs. CCA staff, including the Warden of the facility, threatened the prisoners and their families. The Warden reportedly told them he would add time to their sentences if they did not cooperate...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 17, 2010 (boomark / email).