Prison Supervisor Beaten to Death at Illinois Facility
Associated Press
JOLIET, Ill. —
A prison-supply supervisor was beaten to death Thursday, apparently by a pipe-wielding inmate, prompting a lockdown at Stateville Correctional Center, a Corrections Department spokesman said. The victim was identified as Suon Troeung, a prison employee since 1978 and former captain in the Cambodian army who fled Southeast Asia in 1975.
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