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$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit
Loaded on March 15, 2012
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2012, page 44
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Medication,
Seizures,
Private Contractors,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Excessive Force,
Failure to Train/Supervise.
Location:
Oklahoma.
In May 2011, Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication and then fatally beaten by guards after he had a seizure at the Oklahoma County jail. Correctional Health Care Management of Oklahoma, ...
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