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Sheriff May Be Liable for Cell-Check Policy that Led to Teenager’s Suicide
In July 2010, a federal district court in Illinois held that a sheriff may be held liable in his official capacity for instituting a cell-check policy under which guards could not personally observe all detainees during overnight shifts, when that policy arguably contributed to the suicide of a distraught teenager. ...
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