Prisoner advocates warned against allowing rival gangs to mingle. Now an inmate who was injured is suing.
Prisoner advocates warned against allowing rival gangs to mingle. Now an inmate who was injured is suing. Yeager Gleave’s lawsuit says prison officials “anticipated, orchestrated and encouraged a gladiator encounter.” (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Roni Wilcox talks about the situation that lead to the lawsuit filed by her 21-year-old son, Yeager Gleave, a former inmate, who is suing the former head of the Utah Department of Corrections, saying a policy change that allowed rival gangs to share common areas led to him being injured in a fight at the state prison in Gunnison. Thursda...
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