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Pro Se Indiana Prisoner Awarded $100,000 in Failure to Protect Suit

On May 21, 2002, an Indiana federal district court held that state prisoner Robert Pierson was entitled to $100,000 in compensatory damages because prison officials failed to protect him from assault by another prisoner.

Pierson, 51, arrived at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City in August 1997 and was ...

 

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