A federal judge Tuesday gave final approval to a settlement ending a lawsuit accusing the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office of turning a blind eye to sexual harassment of female corrections deputies by prisoners.
The judge on Tuesday approved the settlement as written.
The judge wrote that the settlement terms, including attorney’s fees for the plaintiff’s lawyers, are “fair, adequate, and reasonable resolution of the issues and is not the result of collusion among the parties.”
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