Dallas County Settles Inmate Lawsuit
By TChris, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Tue Feb 20, 2007 at 08:36:52 PM EST
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Posted on Tue Feb 20, 2007 at 08:36:52 PM EST
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In 2004, TalkLeft called attention to the abusive conditions under which a mentally ill inmate had been confined in Dallas County. Three years later, Dallas County is paying $950,000 to settle the lawsuit filed by the families of three mentally ill prisoners who were denied medication during their confinement.
Just over half of the award went to James Mims, a Dallas County jail inmate whose psychiatric medications were withheld for two months in 2004, his attorney David Finn said. Mims also nearly died when water was shut off in his cell for two weeks.
Dallas County taxpayers might want to ask whether the jail plans to improve its management of mentally ill prisoners.
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