INDIANAPOLIS — The ACLU of Indiana has finalized a series of settlements totaling more than $1.2 million following a five-year legal battle over abusive conditions at the Miami Correctional Facility.
The settlements resolve 31 separate lawsuits filed against the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC). The litigation exposed a pattern of sensory deprivation and physical danger within the prison’s restrictive housing units, where incarcerated individuals were held in “near-total darkness” for months at a time.
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