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$10 Million Lawsuit Filed against Tennessee Jail in Hanging Death
Loaded on Oct. 26, 2015
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2015, page 55
Filed under:
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides.
Location:
Tennessee.
$10 Million Lawsuit Filed against Tennessee Jail in Hanging Death
by David Reutter
The estate of a pre-trial detainee who hanged himself at the Robertson County Detention Facility (RCDF) in Springfield, Tennessee has filed a $10 million federal lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to his serious mental health needs. The death ...
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