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$775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died

by Casey J. Bastian

On November 2, 2022, California’s Monterey County agreed to pay $775,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of Rafael Ramirez Lara, a mentally ill detainee allegedly ignored in the county jail while he compulsively drank water until he died.

An undisclosed portion of the ...

 

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