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$30,000 Settlement for New York Prisoner Assaulted by Guard
Loaded on May 5, 2016
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2016, page 53
Filed under:
Eighth Amendment,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
First Amendment,
Religious Diet.
Location:
New York.
A New York state prisoner received almost $30,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging he was assaulted by a guard at the Fishkill Correctional Facility.
Prisoner Mayer Sadian, an orthodox Jew, approached a guard on May 14, 2011 in the mess hall during the lunch hour. The guard told ...
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