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$5.5 Million Paid for Two Withdrawal Deaths at Washington Jail
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2025
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2025, page 44
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal,
Failure to Protect (General),
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Deliberate Indifference.
Location:
Washington.
by Chuck Sharman
The small Seattle suburb of Issaquah (pop. 39,664) paid a whopping $5.5 million for a pair of withdrawal deaths at the city lockup, according to settlement agreements completed in September and October 2024. The latest agreement was completed with a release from the Estate of …
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- Seventh Circuit Rules Against Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Over Wexford Health’s Poor Psychiatric Care, by Michael Thompson
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