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Commissioners briefed on jail-conditions class-action settlement and increase in payment ceiling
Summary
During public comment at the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners meeting, officials explained a long-running class-action lawsuit over jail conditions and said the county is increasing an authorization ceiling to continue paying legal and settlement-related costs; monitoring of the jail will continue, officials said.
Cumberland County officials briefed the Board of Commissioners during public comment on a long-running class-action lawsuit about conditions in the county jail and on a related increase in the payment authorization ceiling.
A member of the public asked about "Resolution 193" and a change noted in meeting materials to raise an authorization ceiling from $330,000 to $807,000. A county staff member said the increase is related to final expenses in a class-action settlement, describing the litigation as a suit over jail conditions and saying the matter has moved toward settlement. "This is to pay the last of the expenses," the staff member said during the meeting, adding the case was handled in…
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