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| LA Inmates to Split $27M Settlement |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/27/2001 |
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Hundreds of thousands of former jail inmates may be eligible to share a $27 million settlement because they were held past their release dates or subjected to unlawful strip searches. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the settlement for five class-action lawsuits. The settlement must still be approved by judges involved in the cases. Most of the money will go to the 62 plaintiffs, but attorneys also plan to send notices to as many as 400,000 former inmates who could receive $50 to $5,000 each. Some affected inmates were held for up to a week beyond their ordered release. Sheriff's department officials blamed clerical errors for detaining scores of inmates beyond their release dates. And in some cases, inmates were wrongly incarcerated because of erroneous warrants. The problems date back to the mid- to late 1990s. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is the largest in the nation and has custody of 19,000 to 22,000 inmates per day. Sheriff Lee Baca has promised immediate reforms. |
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