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Prison Fire Department Helps Defeat Deliberate Indifference Claim

A federal court in Indiana has granted summary judgment to prison officials accused of being deliberately indifferent to the risk of fire at the Indiana State Prison, relying in significant part on the prison's operation of a trained and equipped inmate fire department and its broader fire prevention and response program.

Prison Fire Department Helps Defeat Deliberate Indifference Claim

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A federal court in Indiana has granted summary judgment to prison officials accused of being deliberately indifferent to the risk of fire at the Indiana State Prison, relying in significant part on the...

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A federal court in Indiana has granted summary judgment to prison officials accused of being deliberately indifferent to the risk of fire at the Indiana State Prison, relying in significant part on the prison's operation of a trained and equipped inmate fire department and its broader fire prevention and response program.

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A federal court in Indiana has granted summary judgment to prison officials accused of being deliberately indifferent to the risk of fire at the Indiana State Prison, relying in significant part on the prison's operation of a trained and equipped inmate fire department and its broader fire prevention and response program.

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