Inmate receives $2M after lawsuit settled over mistreatment at Socorro County jail
A former inmate is getting a multi-million-dollar payout after he said he was held in a New Mexico county jail cell for days ...
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Man wins settlement for abuse while being detained in the Socorro County Detention Center
SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Socorro County Detention Center is being accused of abusing an inmate who was held in solitary confinement. Steven Allen, director of the New Mexico Prison and Jail ...
Socorro County settles solitary confinement case for $2 million
Socorro County has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges he was forced to live surrounded by his own waste in a county jail cell with no running water for weeks, ...
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$2M settlement awarded to Socorro County inmate
SOCORRO, N.M. – A man was awarded a $2 million ... His attorney with the New Mexico Prison and Jails Projects says the size of this settlement sends a message. “An award this large, it sends ...
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Man accused of fatally beating girlfriend with bat, shooting dog near Socorro
A man was arrested in connection with the 2022 fatal beating of a woman in Socorro County — a case that authorities say ...