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$860,000 Settlement in Suit Over Michigan Female Prisoner’s Suicide

by David M. Reutter

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $860,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a female prisoner who hanged herself after a guard placed a bet on whether she would become suicidal.

Janika Edmond, 25, had a documented history of “multiple ...

 

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