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Washington Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit For $1.6 Million
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2005
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2005, page 17
On October 12, 2004, Jefferson County, Washington, agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit arising from the wrongful death of Kevin Bledsoe in the Jefferson County Jail. The settlement is one of the largest ever for excessive use of force by a county in the Pacific Northwest, according ...
Filed under:
Injury -- Misc.,
Conditions of Confinement,
Strip Cells,
Excessive Force,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Restraints,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Washington.
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