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$10,000 Settlement for Ill Treatment Prisoner Colostomy Bag

Washington State’s King County jail has paid $10,000 to settle the claim of Patrick Gaines, who entered jail on May 17, 2002 wearing a colostomy bag that had been surgically implanted in December 2001. Up until May 20, Gaines was kept in the jail’s medical unit.

On May 20, he …

 

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