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Jail Prisoner Injured in Attack by Co-defendant Settles for $5,000

Loaded on Aug. 6, 2018 published in Prison Legal News August, 2018, page 29
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General). Location: Pennsylvania.

A prisoner who was attacked by his co-defendant at the Crawford County Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Saegertown, Pennsylvania agreed to a $5,000 settlement in his failure-to-protect suit.

Harry W. Boyer, Jr. was arrested on a probation violation for new criminal charges on August 16, 2012. The day after …

 

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