Michigan agrees to pay $80 million in prison sex abuse lawsuit

Michigan has agreed to pay $80 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of currently and formerly incarcerated teens who say they experienced sexual assault or harassment while held in adult jails and prisons, despite state officials’ claims that the allegations could not be corroborated.

Authors
Dawn R. Wolfe
Type
News
Standards
None
Facility
Prisons and Jails
Terms
Youthful inmates
Juvenile
Staff-inmate relations
Staff sexual misconduct
Sexual abuse
Legal