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BOP Offers $150,000 Settlement After Prisoner Was Raped By Guard

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Immunity/Liability, Supervisory Liability. Location: Kentucky.

Kentucky federal prisoner Vileiby Rosado brought a federal tort action in 1995 for $500,000 after being raped by a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard who had prior undisciplined incidents for similar conduct. A $150,000 settlement was offered by the BOP in 1996.

Rosado was housed at the Federal Medical ...

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