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$96,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Conditions of Confinement Suit
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2011, page 46
Following a Massachusetts Superior Court’s award of nominal damages and attorney fees in a prison conditions case, and with an appeal pending, the parties entered into a settlement agreement. The settlement resulted from a lawsuit that sought damages for “disgusting and unhealthy conditions” at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Cedar Junction (MCI-CJ). ...
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Sewage,
Sanitation.
Location:
Massachusetts.
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