Lucasville Uprising: $4.1 Million Settlement

Loaded on July 15, 1997 published in Verdict1 July, 1997, page 19

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Protect (Staff). Location: Ohio.

In January, 1997, a settlement was filed in federal court in the three-year-old class action based on injuries stemming from the 1993 Easter Day uprising and 11-day siege at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) at Lucasville, OH. The settlement establishes a $4.1 million fund to pay prisoner damage claims, ...

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