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Texas Detainee Wins Damages for Ad Seg Placement
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1995, page 22
A federal district court in Texas awarded $700 in compensatory damages to a county jail prisoner placed in administrative segregation without due process and held there for fourteen days. The court also considered the matter of prisoners' right to safety from attack by other prisoners. Benny Nettles was held in ...
Filed under:
Medical,
Hernias,
Failure to Protect (General),
Attorney Fee Awards,
Damages,
Premises Liability,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Texas.
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