Alaska high court says prisons must protect inmates from violence

[JURIST] The Alaska Supreme Court [official website] ruled on Friday that prisons have a duty to protect inmates from violence at the hands of other inmates [opinion, PDF]. The ruling will allow a lawsuit by a former inmate, Richard Mattox, to continue in the lower courts. Mattox was attacked by inmates after receiving several threats while security guards failed to respond to his concerns. Security guards repeatedly refused Mattox's requests for assistance [Anchorage Daily News report] in response to the...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/alaska-high-court-says-prisons-must-protect-inmates-from-violence.php

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