Inmate Attack

Sussex, NJ: (Oct-11-07) Michael Vance, a Sussex County man, brought a lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections alleging that a fellow inmate verbally abused him. In his lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Newark, Vance claimed that he was severely beaten by another man while they were both inmates at the Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility in Annandale. The complaint alleged the attack occurred March 6, 2004, when two corrections officers left the inmates unattended on the second floor of the cottage in which they were assigned. Vance's injuries included a broken jaw after being repeatedly kicked in the face and head by the other inmate. The lawsuit claimed violations of Vance's rights against cruel and unusual punishment and due process as well as "unnecessary wanton infliction of pain on him." In a settlement reached, the state agreed to end the lawsuit with a $90,000 payout to Vance. Sources stated that lawsuit was settled with the condition that there was no admission of liability by the state. [STAR LEDGER: INMATE ABUSE]

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Published on Oct-13-07