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$5,000 Settlement in Ohio Prisoner's Suit over Improper Assignment to Upper Bunk

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2016

Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Protect (General), Bedding. Location: Ohio.

On June 8, 2015, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction agreed to a $5,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was assigned to an upper bunk despite having a medical restriction requiring his assignment to lower bunks.

Jerome White, 25, was incarcerated at the Mansfield Correctional ...

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