Inmates charged in attack on Mass. COs received payouts from $6.75M settlement

Boston Herald

BOSTON — Inmates who pummeled correction officers in a high-profile attack that eventually led to a $6 million prisoner settlement ended up receiving payouts from the deal, the Herald has learned.

The $6 million inmate settlement has been shrouded in mystery for more than a year, as the Massachusetts Department of Correction refused multiple times to provide a list of the 150 inmates who received payments. It was the state’s largest publicly funded settlement last year…

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