$400,000 Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Failure to Protect Suit

Loaded on May 15, 2002 published in Verdict1 May, 2002, page 17

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Settlements. Location: Oklahoma.

On April 19, 2001, the insurer for the Garfield county jail in Oklahoma agreed to pay $400,000 to a former jail prisoner who was attacked and beaten by his cellmate. On April 26, 1998, Larry Thomas, then 58, was imprisoned in the Garfield county jail for five days to serve ...

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