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$1.35 Million Total Settlement for South Carolina Detainee Beaten by Jail Guard
Loaded on July 7, 2015
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2015, page 48
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
South Carolina.
$1.35 Million Total Settlement for South Carolina Detainee Beaten by Jail Guard
by David M. Reutter
Richland County, South Carolina has agreed to pay $750,000 to a pretrial detainee who was seriously injured after being beaten by a guard. The jail’s private medical contractor, Correct Care Solutions …
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