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$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death

by Matt Clarke

In February 2020, WDRB News revealed a previously undisclosed $400,000 settlement paid by the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) to the family of a state prisoner who starved to death while in segregation at the Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP).

James Kenneth Embry,57, died of starvation and dehydration …

 

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