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$1.375 Million Award in Hawaii Prisoner’s Suicide
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2022
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2022, page 52
Filed under:
Settlements,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides,
Emotional Distress.
Location:
Hawaii.
by David M. Reutter
On March 29, 2022, the First Circuit Court of Hawaii awarded $1.375 million to the estate of Joseph O’Malley, who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF) in July 2017.
O’Malley, 28, was diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder upon incarceration at HCF on ...
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