A civil suit filed against employees at the Sweetwater County Detention Center was recently dismissed with prejudice. Included in the suit were the county commissioners, Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell and detention center employees Matt Weber, Leeland Reese and Elizabeth Lopez. Dylan Torres initially filed the suit in 2010, alleging the detention center engaged in torturous conduct and violated his eighth and 12th Amendment rights when Weber, Reese and Lopez injured Torres while he was a juvenile inmate at the center in 2007. The three employees did plead guilty to battery and were ordered to pay a total $330 in fines and court costs. They originally faced charges of battery and child abuse according to the Green River Star.
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