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Fifteen Minute Cell Checks Insufficient to Shield Texas Jail from Liability for Inmate Suicide

Fifteen Minute Cell Checks Insufficient to Shield Texas Jail from Liability for Inmate Suicide

A Texas federal court refused to grant summary judgment to a sheriff who claimed that his policy of having jailers check on suicidal prisoners every fifteen minutes was constitutional despite the successful suicide of a prisoner ...

 

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