bobandcarole wrote:
> bobandcarole wrote:
> > Good...next we need to send them to Gitmo...
> >
> >
> >
> > BOSTON - Prison guards harassed pedophile priest John Geoghan and wrote
> > trumped-up disciplinary reports that landed the former clergyman in the
> > dangerous-inmate unit where he was strangled and beaten by a fellow
> > prisoner, a report released Tuesday found.
> >
> > Investigators said a series of "overzealous and unwarranted" reports by
> > a handful of guards led to the frail, 68-year-old Geoghan being
> > classified as one of the state's most dangerous prisoners and sent to
> > the high-security unit at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.
> >
> > Geoghan was killed by Joseph Druce last August as he and other inmates
> > returned to their cells after lunch, authorities said.
> >
> > Druce, who is serving a life sentence for killing a gay man, has been
> > charged with murder. Authorities say Druce followed Geoghan into his
> > cell, then jammed the door shut with a book, and beat and strangled
> > Geoghan.
> >
> > Geoghan was the priest at the center of the Boston Archdiocese's sex
> > abuse scandal. At the time of his death, he was accused in civil
> > lawsuits of molesting nearly 150 children over three decades and was
> > serving a 9- to 10-year sentence for groping a 10-year-old boy.
> >
> > Geoghan's lawyers said they had frequently complained to corrections
> > officials that guards were mistreating Geoghan by taunting him, filing
> > bogus disciplinary reports against him and even urinating and
> > defacating on his bed. They said their complaints were ignored by
> > prison officials.
> >
> > No evidence was uncovered that guards, despite allegations some had a
> > grudge against Geoghan, set him up to be killed. The report found that
> > Druce worked "alone and in secret," and that there was nothing to
> > indicate anyone at the prison - inmate or employee - knew of his plans
> > to harm Geoghan.
> >
> > The report cites specific failures at Souza-Baranowski that allowed
> > Geoghan to be attacked, including insufficient staffing procedures at
> > his unit. But much of the criticism focuses on his time at MCI-Concord,
> > the medium-security prison where he was "unduly harassed and physically
> > abused," the report said.
> >
> > Specifically, the report cites trivial infractions written up as
> > disciplinary reports against Geoghan by guards at MCI-Concord, where
> > Geoghan was housed until five months before his death. The reports
> > helped spur a decision by prison officials to increase Geoghan's
> > "dangerousness" classification and transfer him to the maximum-security
> > prison.
> >
> > The investigation found that the disciplinary reports "were more the
> > result of personal animus against (Geoghan) than serious infractions
> > that required formal findings."
> >
> > The results of the investigation, conducted by a three-member
> > commission, will be forwarded to prosecutors.
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