SPOKANE — More than 1,000 people jailed in Spokane County in the past six years for failing to pay court-ordered fines will benefit from a class-action lawsuit that prompted the jail to change policy.
The Spokesman-Review says the settlement, valued at about $350,000, applies to all those booked into the jail for failure to pay fees, fines and court-ordered restitution.
Attorneys for Betty Rucker, who sued the county on behalf of all inmates who were jailed for delinquent payment of fines between 2008 and 2014, called the settlement a common-sense resolution to a violation of constitutional rights.
The county agreed to the settlement without admitting guilt.
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