CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina prisoner who said correction officers repeatedly pepper-sprayed him has received a $10,000 settlement for his federal lawsuit against the state.
The Charlotte Observer reported state officials deny liability in the settlement with inmate Bill Rayburn.
Rayburn says officers at Lanesboro Correctional Institution near Polkton sprayed him four times last year after he asked to be moved away from a prisoner who threatened him. Rayburn says those officers then refused to let him wash off the burning chemical.
The state Correction Department found the employees involved had violated the department's use-of-force policy. State officials have replaced a top administrator at the Anson County prison and disciplined six other prison employees.
