A former inmate who claims he went blind after receiving negligent medical care in a North Carolina prison has settled his lawsuit for $2.6 million plus $300,000 toward a home, a report said Thursday.

A former inmate who went blind at the Federal Medical Center in Butner will receive $5,200 a month for life as part of a $2.6 million settlement of his lawsuit claiming that he received negligent care ...

Vannara Nhar was 22 years old and had near-perfect vision when a federal judge sent him to prison in 2011 for selling two stolen weapons to an undercover officer. He left the Federal Medical Center at ...