John C. Babcock v. R.L. White and G. McDaniel

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-12-09

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FLAUM, Circuit Judge. John Babcock is living proof of the dangers that prison gangs pose to inmates, and of the logistical nightmare they create for prison administrators. Serving a thirty-five-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, Babcock was stabbed seven times in an attack by members of a gang known as the Mexican Mafia. Following this assaul…

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