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$40,000 Awarded in Tennessee Jail Failure to Protect Suit
Loaded on April 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2001, page 25
A U.S. District Court in Tennessee ordered Shelby County to pay $40,000 to Jacob Miller for injuries suffered in an attack by fellow prisoners at Shelby County Correctional Center (SCCC).
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Damages,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Tennessee.
Miller arrived at SCCC in December 1995 to serve a sentence for burglary. Fearing harm from gang members, Miller asked ...
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