Detroit Free Press: Judge seeks compromise in naming inmates in $100-million prison sex abuse settlement

By Cindy Heflin Associate news director

Posted on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 : 12:17 p.m.

A Washtenaw County judge today indicated that he wants female inmates who won a $100-million class action settlement to pay any child support or restitution claims they owe, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Circuit Court Judge Timothy Connors previously signed an order prohibiting release of the women's names and how much they owe but today indicated he's willing to compromise, the Free Press reported.

The women won the settlement for alleged sexual assault and abuse that occurred inside Michigan prisons between March 1993 and July 2009.