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| Judge OKs Limit on Use of Force |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/04/2006 |
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A New York judge on Monday approved a class-action settlement requiring the installation of hundreds of video cameras in jails and better training of officers, saying it shows the city wants to reduce the use of force against inmates. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said the deal between lawyers for 22 inmates and the city would cost the city millions of dollars to upgrade its video monitoring system. The agreement will result in far-reaching and extensive remedies and initiatives that will address, in a concrete and effective way, the very difficult issue of the use of force in our prisons," he said. The city does not admit liability under the deal, which stems from a 2002 Legal Aid Society lawsuit brought on behalf of the inmates, who alleged a pattern of excessive force by jail officers. The deal will affect the majority of the 13,000 inmates in 11 city jails. Those jails not covered by the settlement reached Feb. 17 had already undergone improvements after legal agreements stretching back more than two decades. As part of the latest deal, the city will pay $2.2 million to plaintiffs in amounts ranging from $15,000 to $575,000 for violent encounters with officers, including one that left a man blind in one eye and others that left inmates with fractures, lawyers said. |
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