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Inmate Assault
Bridgeport, CT: (Oct-11-07) A lawsuit was brought against Connecticut state correction officers alleging that they assaulted an inmate. Robert Joslyn, 32, who filed the lawsuit against Department of Correction Deputy Commissioner Brian Murphy, Capt. Matthew Regan, and 14 prison guards, claimed that the state correction officers severely beat him in 2004 for complaining to a ranking prison official about excessive force by guards against other inmates. He stated that guards began the attack with mace and a guard dog, then burst into his cell and beat him after telling him he was in trouble for complaining about guards' assaults on other prisoners. Joslyn, formerly of Lebanon, was serving an 11 1/2-year sentence for burglary in March 9, 2004, when the incident occurred in his cell in Northern Correctional Institution in Somers.
In a settlement reached, state of Connecticut agreed to pay $500,000 to end the federal lawsuit. The disposition that awarded $500,000 cash to Joslyn also includes an agreement by both parties to waive a $500,000 lien the state filed seeking reimbursement of what it claimed was the expense of Joslyn's incarceration. The lawsuit was filed in February in US District Court in Bridgeport. Correction officer Patrick Maia was fired after an internal report concluded he used excessive force in the incident, but he was reinstated a year later as a result of a grievance settlement. Joslyn was sent to prison in 1992 for burglary and amassed 92 inmate disciplinary reports on his record. Sources stated that Joslyn was released from state custody in August 2007, the same month the state agreed to settle the case instead of going to trial. [COURANT: INMATE ASSAULT]
Published on Oct-12-07
In a settlement reached, state of Connecticut agreed to pay $500,000 to end the federal lawsuit. The disposition that awarded $500,000 cash to Joslyn also includes an agreement by both parties to waive a $500,000 lien the state filed seeking reimbursement of what it claimed was the expense of Joslyn's incarceration. The lawsuit was filed in February in US District Court in Bridgeport. Correction officer Patrick Maia was fired after an internal report concluded he used excessive force in the incident, but he was reinstated a year later as a result of a grievance settlement. Joslyn was sent to prison in 1992 for burglary and amassed 92 inmate disciplinary reports on his record. Sources stated that Joslyn was released from state custody in August 2007, the same month the state agreed to settle the case instead of going to trial. [
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