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Pinckneyville prison guard admits civil rights violation in beating of shackled …

Pinckneyville prison guard admits civil rights violation in beating of shackled …

An acting lieutenant at Pinckneyville Correctional Center appeared admitted in U.S. District Court for Southern Illinois Wednesday that he failed to intervene while his subordinates beat a restrained inmate. Mark C. Maxwell, 52, of Pinckneyville, faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of deprivation of civil rights under color of law. He was …

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