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$200,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania County Prison Unsafe Conditions Case
Loaded on Aug. 24, 2016
by Matthew Clarke
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Injury -- Misc.,
Failure to Protect (General).
Location:
Pennsylvania.
On August 17, 2012, a federal lawsuit over a guard allowing prisoners to be beaten by other prisoners at a county prison and officials generally allowing unsafe and violent conditions at the prison was settled for $200,000.
John Julius Mucha was a prisoner at the Northampton County Prison …
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