Judge: State shouldn’t charge inmate who won suit against it

HARTFORD — A federal judge has ruled Connecticut officials were wrong to keep more than half of a prison inmate’s $300,000 lawsuit award to help pay the costs of his incarceration — money the state was ordered to pay him for violating his rights after he was beaten by another prisoner.Judge Michael Shea in Hartford ruled Thursday that officials improperly used a state law on recouping imprisonment costs to reduce their penalty for violating Rashad Williams’ rights.
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