Award for prisoner's mattress all wet

A judge has slashed the $295,000 award a jury gave to a Wisconsin prisoner who claimed his rights were violated by being forced to sleep on a moldy, stinky mattress.

A federal jury awarded Reggie Townsend that amount in punitive damages in September.
It found that New Lisbon Correctional Institution Sgt. Jerry Allen ignored Townsend's complaints about the mattress being wet because he had to sleep near a shower.

Judge Barbara Crabb found the amount excessive.
She ordered Townsend to accept $29,500 or go to trial over the amount.

Townsend, 29, of Milwaukee, is serving a 23-year sentence for reckless homicide.

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You've got to be kidding! He is in prison, not the Hilton. Deal with it! He should not get a cent!