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  • Salas case revealed trouble at detention center

    Robin Fornoff CMI Staff

    Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series about lawsuits filed against Curry County since 2005. The Clovis News Journal spent more than a month filing public records requests, then digging through hundreds of court documents related to 22 lawsuits that county officials say their insurance carrier has settled for more than $1 million. The Orlando Salas case, spotlighted in this report, spurred interest in researching the lawsuits when county officials on Feb. 28 acknowledged Salas had been paid $450,000 about 14...