The B.C. government has paid out millions of dollars to inmates in provincial jails to settle lawsuits filed in recent years, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, more than $3.5 million was paid to 34 inmates between Jan. 1, 2008 to March 31, 2012.
Another $126,419.87 of taxpayer’s money was paid in that period for legal costs in some of the cases.
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