PLRA Does Not Apply to Juvenile Facilities; $379,000 Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2003 by David Reutter published in Verdict1 January, 2003, page 24

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements, Costs, Mail Regulations, Ad-Seg Hearings, Suicides. Location: South Dakota.

by David M. Reutter

A federal district court in South Dakota has held the PLRA attorney fees provision does not apply to juvenile facilities, and awarded $379,000 in attorney fees and costs. The court had before it the plaintiff's motion for attorney fees and costs after a Settlement Agreement (SA) ...

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