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Federal Court Allows Lawsuit to Move Forward Where Prisoners Ordered to Clean Bloody Cell After Suicide
Loaded on Aug. 18, 2019
by Chad Marks
Filed under:
Prison Labor,
Failure to Protect (General),
Eighth Amendment,
Jail Specific,
Suicides.
Locations:
California,
United States of America.
by Chad Marks
Jeffrey Patel was a prisoner at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County, California, when another prisoner commited suicide with a razor blade. Prison staff ordered Patel and three other prisoners to clean up the cell, which was a “bloody mess,” according to court documents. …
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