21.   He also wanted mandatory schooling for inmates and increased supervision of former inmates after their release.

22.   He and several guards, former inmates say, often used rifles to shoot for sport prisoners who were sent out to work in the surrounding fields.

23.   He has filed suit on behalf of a former inmate who required surgery on his wrist after a scuffle with jailers.

24.   He would not identify them but said one is a motor-pool employee who is a former inmate.

25.   Joyce said part of the reason was that the former inmates brought prison grudges or gang affiliations back to the streets.

26.   Lawyers for former inmates on Friday described numerous instances of abuse and neglect at the jail in recent years.

27.   One former Chernokozovo inmate named Jalil met with investigators from the Boston-based Physicians for Human Rights after his release in February.

28.   Once released, the former inmates would be eligible for Medicaid, and the money the prison system saves on health care could be spent on other prisoner programs.

29.   Petitioner supplemented this filing with an affidavit from a former inmate, John Green.

30.   Prisoners live in overcrowded quarters, are given a few minutes of sunshine each day, and often have inadequate food supplies, former inmates have said.