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$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over California Jail Prisoner’s Suicide

by Matt Clarke

In March 2019, Kern County, California agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents and estate of a man who committed suicide at the county’s jail. The suit alleged jail staff ignored obvious signs of his mental instability and self-harm behavior at ...

 

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