Canyon County Jail in Idaho Settles Conditions Suit With Consent Decree and $190,000 in Attorney’s Fees

Loaded on July 15, 2010 by Brandon Sample published in Verdict1 July, 2010, page 27

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Food, Overcrowding, Staffing, Exposure to Cold, Plumbing, Sanitation, Jail Specific, Exposure to Heat, Settlements, Consent Decrees. Location: Idaho.

On November 12, 2009, Canyon County, Idaho agreed to settle a federal class-action suit against the Canyon County Jail (CCJ) that raised a myriad of claims related to unconstitutional conditions.

Filed in March 2009 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of prisoners at the jail, the lawsuit …

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