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$95,000 Settlement in Suit Over Idaho Jail Prisoner's Death
Loaded on June 16, 2018
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
In April 2016, a federal civil rights lawsuit against Canyon County, Idaho, over the death of a county jail prisoner due to denial of medical care was settled for $95,000.
Alfred Girrard Young, 46, was booked into the Dale G. Haile Detention Center in …
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