Settlement document obtained in prisoner’s wrongful release suit

The County watchers previously reported that a lawsuit had been filed and settled by an inmate who had to have her toes and parts of her heels removed due to frostbite because even though she was found to be a threat to herself and others the county wrongfully released her from custody in bedroom slippers and no coat in the dead of winter on January 16, 2007. She was found 3 days later on the side of Newark City Hall.

The county settled the lawsuit for $325,000.

Previously reported:
Prisoner’s wrongful release kept secret through two county prison escapes

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