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$8 Million Settlement by Michigan Jail over Baby's Injuries

An $8 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit claiming guards and officials at Michigan’s Wayne County Jail (WCJ) failed to treat a female prisoner in active labor, resulting in serious injury to the infant.

When Chantrienes Barker was booked into WCJ, she was pregnant. On December 2, 1998, she ...

 

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