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Chicago Jail Not Liable for Suicide Despite Cell Design

The decedent hanged himself in a police lockup. All the relevant procedures (thorough screening, training of personnel, checking of cells every 15 minutes, removal of obviously dangerous object) were followed.

The existence of horizontal bars (from one of which the decedent hanged himself with his jacket) does not constitute deliberate ...

 

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