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NY Prisoner Awarded $150 for Wrongful SHU Placement

A New York state court of claims found that a prisoner wrongfully
confined in a special housing unit (SHU) for two weeks and awarded him
$150.

On January 17, 2000, New York Department of Correctional Services
(DCS) prisoner Anthony Amaker was placed in a SHU and confined to his
cell, ...

 

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