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| DOC Officials Found Liable for Abuse |
| By philly.com |
| Published: 04/07/2010 |
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New Jersey Department of Corrections officials were liable for the 1997 abuse of nearly two dozen Bayside State Prison inmates during a monthlong lockdown after a corrections officer was killed there, a court-appointed fact finder has determined. The opinion by former U.S. District Chief Judge John W. Bissell, named last year to handle 200 abuse claims by prisoners, means that the state would be accountable for monetary damages awarded to the inmates. The decision, which the state has 30 days to appeal, must be accepted by U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler. Bayside, a medium-security prison with nearly 2,400 inmates in Cumberland County, was put on lockdown between July 30 and Sept. 3, 1997, after guard Fred Baker was stabbed in the back by an inmate with a makeshift knife. Prisoners were confined to their cells, visitors were prohibited, and a Special Operations Group (SOG) consisting of 57 corrections officers from across New Jersey interrogated inmates and searched cells for weapons. Read More. |
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