$105,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim

Loaded on April 1, 2021 by David Reutter published in Verdict1 April, 2021, page 46

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements. Location: Wisconsin.

by David M. Reutter

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections paid $105,000 to settle a prisoner’s excessive use of force lawsuit. The December 2, 2020, settlements resolves the suit brought by prisoner Kuan Barnett.

Barnett’s civil rights action stemmed from events that occurred at Columbia Correctional Institution. While locked in his ...

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