By: Staff reports Virginia Official Alleges He Was Portrayed As Racist
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Thursday that Wallens Ridge
State Prison Warden Stanley Young has filed a $14 million
defamation suit against a dozen Connecticut defendents, alleging
they have portrayed him as a racist. Three Connecticut newspapers
- the New Haven Advocate, Hartford Courant, and Connecticut Post -
are among the defendants.
Young made his charges after activists criticized the prison under
his control. There have been accusations of racism and abuse, and
reports that Young has a display of Civil War memorabilia in his
office.
The Connecticut papers have investigated because about 480 inmates
from that state are being held at the Virginia facility. Last
month, a 20-year-old inmate from Connecticut serving a 2.5-year
drug sentence committed suicide in front of a corrections officer.
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