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$60,000 settlement reached in prisoner's case against officer
Loaded on July 25, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Retaliatory Segregation,
Medication,
Injury -- Misc.,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
Locations:
New York,
United States of America.
by Christopher Zoukis
A man suffering from schizophrenia at Tangipahoa Parish Jail (TPJ) in Louisiana, who was not always provided with necessary medications and was attacked and injured by other detainees through staff indifference, received a $60,000 settlement in response to his federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) …
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