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$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing
Loaded on May 1, 2024
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2024, page 23
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Retaliation for Media Contact,
Retaliatory Segregation,
Prison Gangs,
Failure to Protect (General).
Location:
Wisconsin.
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Related legal case
Lindell v. Carr
Year | 2023 |
---|---|
Cite | USDC (W.D. Wisc.), Case No. 3:18-cv-00895 |
Level | District Court |
Conclusion | Settlement |
Damages | 125,000.000 |
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