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$140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2020
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2020, page 56
Filed under:
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Failure to Treat,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Settlements.
Location:
Ohio.
by David M. Reutter
Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail (CCJ) agreed to a $140,000 settlement on February 14, 2020 in a civil rights action alleging a prisoner was subjected to excessive force and retaliation by guards.
Corrionne Lawrence was booked into CCJ on September 16, 2018, for a …
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