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Monday, 14 May 2007 04:38

Settlement Made

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slide21One of two wards who sued the state over a videotaped fight with staffers three years ago at the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility has reached a cash settlement. The second involved ward’s case awaits trial. The attorney for Vincent Baker, 23, of Stockton wouldn't name the amount of the tentative settlement because everybody involved agreed to keep it quiet until the deal is final. Baker and former Chaderjian ward Narciso Morales, 24, were captured by surveillance cameras fighting with two youth correctional counselors on Jan. 20, 2004. The video, which was nationally broadcast, sparked wide debate about the state's inability to rehabilitate juvenile offenders committed to the state and brought attention to the high levels of violence at the Stockton lockup., Six staffers were fired in connection with the 2004 brawl and eventually won back their jobs through a long appeal, which the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is still fighting. The staffers have taken their case to a state appeals court to keep their jobs.
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