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Ohio Pays $185,000 to State Prisoner Bitten in Genitals by K-9
by Keith Sanders
On November 17, 2021, the Ohio Court of Claims awarded a state prisoner $185,000 for injuries sustained when he was bitten by a dog on a K-9 unit visiting from a local jail.
Derek Woods, 23, was inside the gym at Trumbull Correctional Institution in Leavittsburg on ...
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