Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux has settled a $10 million lawsuit lodged against his predecessor that stemmed from a violent altercation inside the former C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center back in May 2020.

The lawsuit, filed more than three years ago on behalf of 16 formerly detained immigrants, accused then Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and correctional officers of using excessive force against them after they refused to get tested for COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic.

Under Hodgson, the sheriff’s office had contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house detainees and carry out certain aspects of immigration enforcement.