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$177,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Five Louisiana Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed While Handcuffed

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2020 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News December, 2020, page 40

Filed under: LaSalle Management Company, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements. Location: Louisiana.

by Matt Clarke

Thanks to a public records request by The Associated Press, news broke in March 2020 that Louisiana-based private prison firm LaSalle Management Company had settled for $177,500 a lawsuit over a 2016 incident in which five prisoners were pepper-sprayed while handcuffed and kneeling.

Adley T. Campbell, ...

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