Tuesday, August 19, 2008 --- 8:10 a.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who committed suicide while at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution.

Federal court documents say the state will pay Angela Enoch's family $635,000 without admitting liability.

The 18-year-old woman used pieces of her pillow to strangle herself in 2005 after reportedly pleading for psychiatric help for days.

A class-action lawsuit involving the Enochs and other inmates at Taycheedah is pending in federal court. It does not seek financial damages, but rather reforms at the women's prison near Fond du Lac.

That lawsuit alleges the health care system at Taycheedah is deficient, leaving women vulnerable to disease and medical mistakes.

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