Class action lawsuits
Massachusetts Prisoners to Receive $6 Million in Settlement Over Abusive Treatment by Correction Officers
Inmates who were brutally abused by correction officers at Massachusetts' Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in 2020 will receive an average of $40,000 each from a $6 million settlement. The settlement, which includes several reforms aimed at preventing excessive force in state prisons, ends years of legal wrangling in a