Michigan Jail's Disproportionate Treatment of Women Results in $855,000 Settlement Agreement

Loaded on March 15, 2006 published in Verdict1 March, 2006, page 15

Filed under: Work Release, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Labor, Strip Searches, Clothing, Hygiene Supplies, Damages, Settlements. Location: Michigan.

A Michigan federal district court has approved a settlement awarding $855,000 in a class action alleging the conditions of confinement for women at the Livingston County Jail were disproportionate to that of men held at the jail. The suit also involved privacy concerns.

The suit was brought initially filed by ...

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