$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came following a demand letter from attorney Bill Pemerton.
The letter stated that during a December 5, 2011 transport, the van carrying prisoner Jennifer Green-Vaughn and other prisoners was forced to slam on the brakes when the hood flew open. Green-Vaughn was handcuffed at the time, preventing her from protecting herself when she hit her head and causing her to slam into the floor of the vehicle.
As a result, she sustained concussion-like symptoms and a wrist injury. On October 11, 2012, Green-Vaughn agreed to the settlement.
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