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Pepper-sprayed inmate sues Maine prison captain
By pressherald.com- David Hench
Published: 05/23/2014

A state prison inmate who was pepper-sprayed while confined in a restraint chair and then left to suffer for more than 20 minutes has filed suit against the corrections captain who sprayed him. click image to enlarge

Paul Schlosser III, who is serving a seven-year sentence for robbery at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, filed suit this week against Capt. Shawn Welch, who was suspended for 30 days after the June 2012 incident.

Schlosser’s mother, Laura Schlosser, said her son was suing the individual officer, not the state agency, because a state law bars lawsuits against the prison if inmates do not file a complaint within a certain period of time.

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