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AZ: Prison guards punished in Marcia Powell's Death: 3 fired, two leave, 10 receive suspensions ranging form 40 to 80 hours, one demoted

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Workers Punished In Inmate's Death Marcia Powell Left In Outdoor Holding Cell For 4 Hours In Triple-Digit Heat September 22, 2009 PHOENIX -- Sixteen Arizona prison workers have been disciplined or fired for the death of an inmate left in an outdoor cage. Three of those disciplined were fired, two stepped down in place of being fired, 10 received suspensions ranging from 40 to 80 hours, and one was demoted. Two others will be disciplined after they return from medical leave. Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan announced the moves Tuesday, calling the death "the most significant example of abuse" of an inmate that he's aware of within the department. "That is an absolute failure," Ryan said Tuesday. "The inmate should not have been left in the enclosure that length of time...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).