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New York: $655,000 Award after State Found 100% Responsible for Prisoner Assault
Loaded on Aug. 6, 2019
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2019, page 38
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Settlements.
Location:
New York.
by Douglas Ankney
A New York Court of Claims held the state was 100% responsible for a prisoner-on-prisoner assault that resulted in severe injuries, and awarded $655,000 in damages.
Perez Aughtry, 37, testified that around noon on July 27, 2012, he had finished showering and was drying off near the ...
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