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$1.5 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached in Texas Jail Over-Detention Case
Loaded on April 1, 2026
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2026, page 25
Filed under:
Overdetention,
42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights,
Unlawful Detention,
Monell Liability,
Class Actions.
Location:
Texas.
by Chuck Sharman
When Ladarion Hughes struck a plea deal and was sentenced to time served in December 2021, he had been held over two years since his July 2019 arrest, mostly in Texas’ Smith County Jail, except for a brief stay in a state psychiatric hospital. Yet …
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More from this issue:
- Alabama’s Non-Solution to the Crisis Overtaking Its Prisons, by Douglas Ankney
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
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- Class Certification Granted to Suit Challenging Suspension of HALT Act in New York Prisons, by Chuck Sharman
- More Measles Cases Detected at Jails in New Mexico and Texas, by Jo Ellen Knott
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- Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $1,000 for Denied Records Request, by Chuck Sharman
- Texas Attorney General Clarifies Scope of Statute Requiring Outside Agency Investigation of Jail Deaths, by Matthew Clarke
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- Missouri Prisons Called Out for Incomplete Death Records, Hellish Solitary Heat, by Chuck Sharman
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- Almost $1 Million in Settlements Paid to Three Nevada Prisoners, by Chuck Sharman
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More from these topics:
- Detroit Pays $5.8 Million to Former State Prisoner Exonerated of Murder After 15 Years, Aug. 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Eyewitness Identification, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
- Colorado Pays $245,000 to Muslim Former Prisoner Shaved by Same Guard Who Cost DOC Earlier Settlement with Jewish Prisoner Denied Kosher Meals, Aug. 1, 2026. Religious Discrimination, Overdetention, Religious Diet, Religious Practices, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
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