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Montana Paying for 1991 Prison Uprising
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1997, page 14
The state of Montana agreed to pay $60,000 to the parents of a prisoner killed during a 1991 uprising at the maximum security Deer Lodge prison. It was the second settlement among 13 state court cases filed against prison officials. In January 1995, the state agreed to pay $150,000 to ...
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Conditions of Confinement,
Strip Cells,
Restraints,
Settlements,
Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
Location:
Montana.
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