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Prison Brutality and Perversion Cited In Hearings
Washington AP reports a Senate subcommittee hearing on state prison conditions described brutality and perversion as widespread nationwide. Witnesses including attorney Philip Hirschkop alleged routine beatings and sexual assaults with little guard supervision and claimed many prisoner deaths are murders, while former Arkansas superintendent Thomas Morton testified he was fired for reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nuittee
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Philip J. Hirschkop
American Civil Liberties Union
Virginia
Thurmond
Hirschkop
National Education Association
Office of Economic Opportunity
South Carolina
Hirschkopf
Thomas O. Morton
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Arkansas