INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has finalized settlements totaling more than $1.2 million on behalf of 31 people who were subjected to abusive conditions at Miami Correctional Facility.
The lawsuits were filed against the Indiana Department of Correction over the placement of inmates in cells with metal-covered windows and no working lights, leaving people in total or near-total darkness.
In some cells, live wires hung from the ceiling, shocking people as they moved through the dark. Some inmates endured these conditions for months and were rarely permitted to leave their cells…