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$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days
Loaded on May 1, 2024
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2024, page 11
Filed under:
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Exposure to Cold,
Toilets,
Water,
Sanitation,
Strip Cells,
Hygiene Supplies,
Restraints.
Location:
Colorado.
by David M. Reutter
On June 14, 2023, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve a state prisoner’s allegation that his Eighth Amendment guarantee of freedom from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when he was restrained and isolated in a “dry cell” without running ...
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