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Prison Justice

Charles Oliver | 6.27.2011 6:00 AM

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A jury convicted former Washington County, Missouri, sheriff's department chief deputy Vernon Wilson of violating the civil rights of four inmates. Wilson beat two of the inmates and slammed their heads against concrete walls. He paid inmates in cigarettes to beat the other two.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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