Caution: video depicts the deaths of several unarmed people
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Aricle dated: April 06, 1999
The original report in 1997 found a shocking state of affairs. Since Corcoran opened 12 years ago, more than 30 inmates had been shot -- eight of them killed -- during these fights. The California Senate has been looking into that violence since that first report.
A corps of prison guards wearing black masks were said to often abuse inmates during routine searches. One former officer was convicted of taking a Taser gun to the genitals of a prisoner.
Most of the fighting and shooting of prisoners occurred in Corcoran's special security housing unit, the SHU, a prison within the prison that is set aside for difficult inmates. continue reading...
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