BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center (MCVRC) and former Maryland Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt approval of a proposed $1.4 million class-action settlement that would compensate current and former inmates for unpaid wages while providing no direct compensation to crime victims owed court-ordered restitution.
The lawsuit, announced Friday outside the Federal Courthouse in Baltimore, challenges a proposed settlement in Scott et al. v. Baltimore County, a class-action case brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act on behalf of inmates who worked at a recycling facility in Cockeysville.
Watch the announcement below:…