Rhode Island Prisoner Awarded $3,900 for False Imprisonment

Loaded on April 15, 2005 published in Prison Legal News April, 2005, page 32

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment, Probation, Detainers. Location: Rhode Island.

A Rhode Island jury awarded a prisoner $3,900 for false imprisonment on April 21, 2004. In August 1994, William Ross was incarcerated and held by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) on a minor larceny charge.

During his incarceration, the State of Oklahoma issued a warrant for his arrest ...

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