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$800,000 Settlement in Suit Over Diseases Caught at Maricopa County Jail

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Conditions of Confinement, Sanitation. Location: Arizona.

On December 12, 2005, a former Maricopa County Jail prisoner and his mother settled for $800,000 a suit alleging unsanitary conditions at the jail caused the former prisoner to become seriously ill and suffer permanent injuries.

When he was a healthy 25-year-old, Anthony Ramos was arrested for having been present ...

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