As Lawsuit Payouts Near $200M Since 2010, MDOC Wants to Learn from Past Mistakes
“The Michigan Department of Corrections wants to make sure its officials are taking some lessons ven if they are expensive ones from the many lawsuits filed against the department. Department Director Heidi Washington sent out a memorandum recently requiring a post-litigation critique after,” reports Paul Egan in Detroit Free Press.
“The Corrections Department was responsible for $125.6 million in judgments and settlements the state paid between 2010 and 2019, according to data compiled by the Senate Fiscal Agency. Figures for the 2020 fiscal year were not available Wednesday, but those numbers are expected to push the total much higher,since the state.”
