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$295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court

On September 17, 2008, a Wisconsin federal jury awarded a prisoner $295,000 for violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, the jury found that state prisoner Reggie Townsend was “denied the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.”

After a riot at the New Lisbon Correctional Center in late 2004, Townsend was ...

 

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