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Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence
Loaded on June 1, 2023
by Jacob Barrett
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2023, page 20
Filed under:
Corizon,
Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal,
Settlements,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Michigan.
by Jacob Barrett
On December 5, 2022, a jury in federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded $6.4 million to the estate of Wade Jones, 40, who was left to die from untreated alcohol withdrawal in his cell at Michigan’s Kent County Correctional Facility (KCCF) by guards and ...
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