$13,500 Damages Paid to Two Illegally Detained Washington DOC Prisoners

Loaded on May 15, 2004 published in Prison Legal News May, 2004, page 13

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: Washington.

The Washington state Division of Risk Management (DRM) paid claims totaling $13,000 to two state prisoners who were illegally arrested and incarcerated by the Washington Department of Corrections. Michael Buffington had been sentenced in King County Superior Court to two months county jail for possession of heroin. The court's order ...

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