|
|
| Former officer charged in prison beating |
| By Monterey County Herald |
| Published: 09/09/2004 |
|
A former officer at Salinas Valley State Prison in Calif. is charged with arranging and covering up the gang-related beating of an inmate, adding to mounting allegations of misconduct at the prison in Soledad. The former correctional officer set up the beating on behalf of a San Francisco-based gang, according to court documents. The beating is one of three Salinas Valley State Prison cases being investigated by the Monterey County District Attorney's office at the behest of former interim Warden Edward Caden, who retired last week from the California Department of Corrections. Caden, a 28-year corrections veteran who served as acting warden at Salinas Valley for six months this year, told The Herald he found that officers had brutalized and planted contraband on inmates, but that Warden Anthony Lamarque ignored the problems. The maximum-security prison has also been the subject of state inquiries into the "Green Wall," a gang of rogue prison officers who enforced a code of silence within the prison staff and possibly even infiltrated the prison's internal affairs squad. State corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday the department is conducting an investigation into misconduct at Salinas Valley. Caden said Tuesday he is one of the targets of that probe. Thornton. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think