A High Court judge has approved damages payments totalling £750,000 for nearly 200 prisoners who were forced to stop taking drugs in jail.
The inmates, who were dependent either on heroin or the heroin substitute methadone, claimed they suffered “trespass” and clinical negligence by the Prison Service in being forced to endure “short, sharp” detoxification programmes resulting in “cold turkey” symptoms.
This amount translates to approximately US$7,480 per plaintiff.
This excerpt is from an article found at Telegraph.co.uk
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