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Prison guards indicted for civil rights abuses.(The Gazette)
FLORENCE, Colo. _ It took less than seven days for William Vance Turner to realize that life inside the U.S. Federal Penitentiary at Florence was not for the weak.
"I got a beating worse than Rodney King," Turner said of alleged abuse by prison guards. "There was no one to turn to. All the staff believed the officers."
But now the guards are the ones looking for help after a two-year federal probe into suspected civil rights abuses at the prison. Federal investigators say seven guards formed a gang known as The Cowboys and abused prisoners for no reason.
A federal indictment, released last year, alleges the guards beat inmates, kneed them in the kidneys, squeezed their testicles and placed feces and urine in their food.
The indictment says the guards falsified prison reports and blamed inmates for starting fights. The guards even injured themselves, prosecutors say, to justify the beatings.
"This is the biggest indictment of Bureau of Prisons employees in recent history, if not ever," said Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver.
The indictment charges guards Mike Lavallee, Rod Schultz, Ken Shatto, David Pruyne, Robert Verbickas, Brent Gall and James Bond with inmate abuse.
- Florence Turner.
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- Florence Turner
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) June 21, 1996 700+ words
...said James Garfield Turner of Florence. Busy as she was, she...cooking department. Mrs. Turner, 80, of Florence, died at 2:20 a.m...Standard Co. and a member of Florence Christian Church. Mrs. Turner was an independent woman...
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- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) June 4, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Mike Taggart EDDIE Turner loved nothing more to set sail on the...cancer. Full Story: See Page 25 EDDIE Turner loved nothing more to set sail on the...Despite being in his 9th decade, Mr Turner, of Tremorfa, Cardiff lived life...
- Turner, Ted
- Reference information from: Leading American Businesses January 1, 2003 700+ words
...I hadn't started [Turner Broadcasting System...Business Robert Edward Turner III was born on November...first child of Ed and Florence Turner. After World War II...Southeast, providing the Turners a solid income. Ted...
- WebsterRogers LLP. (South Carolina).(partner Debra A. Turner appointed to the...
- Magazine article from: Accounting Today July 8, 2002 700+ words
Debra A. Turner, a partner at WebsterRogers LLP, Florence, has been reappointed by the state's governor, Jim...Accountancy. The new term will extend to June 30, 2005. Turner is the partner-in-charge of the firm's Charleston...
- Florence Annice Rioux.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) November 19, 2004 700+ words
Florence Annice Rioux of Palatine for...ServicesforFlorence Annice Rioux (nee Turner), 77, formerly of Northlake...17, 2004, at her home. Florence grew up in Elmwood Park and...the late Arthur and Hazelle Turner; sister of the late Doris...
- Florence Carnaggio.(PEOPLE)(receives high school diploma)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter June 16, 2006 700+ words
Seated in a wheelchair, wearing a cap and gown, 102-year-old Florence Carnaggio smiled shyly after receiving her diploma from Principal Curtis Turner of Seton Keough High School in Baltimore. The graduation ceremony was more than...
