COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio county is looking for to settle a federal lawsuit over images taken of intimate tattoos of as much as 682 feminine detainees for $2.5 million.
Franklin County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to the settlement, which should be permitted by a federal choose.
The category-action lawsuit was filed in 2013 on behalf of girls who have been arrested for minor offenses between Might 23, 2011 and April 30, 2014. Images have been taken of their tattoos on or close to their intimate physique elements once they have been booked into the county jail.
The jail stopped the apply in April 2014.
Every lady is estimated to obtain $2,735 beneath the plan. A 3rd of the settlement would cowl legal professional charges, prices and bills.
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In line with paperwork, the settlement doesn’t embody males, detainees charged with felonies or those that had tattoos photographed that weren’t in an intimate space.
Beneath phrases of the settlement, the county would admit no wrongdoing. The sheriff’s workplace could be required to destroy the pictures and stop taking intimate tattoo footage of misdemeanor detainees.
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