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City Settles In Death of Prisoner at CCA-Operated Tulsa Jail

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2005 published in Prison Legal News January, 2005, page 32
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medical, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Municipal Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Oklahoma.
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has agreed to settle its part in a federal lawsuit over the death of a Native American prisoner in the Tulsa Jail. According to the November 7, 2003 settlement, the city will pay the man's family $200,000 and improve its police training program.

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