He ended up in solitary confinement because he was suffering from depression and someone checked a box on a form indicating he was suicidal....[He] was given some drugs for depression but never saw a mental health professional....[He] wrote letters for months seeking help, but they were ignored.
He was never convicted and released in 2007. His lawyer says:
He was stuck in a 6-foot-by-11-foot cell with a concrete bench for a bed. And he sat in that cell. We had documentary evidence that he didn't get out for anything—for recreation, a shower—for months at a time."
Dona Ana County (Las Cruces) plans to appeal. The jail claims to have medical staff. And it certainly had the ability to observe prisoners. From its website:
The adult detention facility differs from a traditional linear jail in that there are no bars separating officers and inmates. Instead, they are separated by glass partitions, which allow officers to maintain continuous observation of all inmates and to ensure that inmates are constantly aware that they are under observation.
Most of the 800 inmates are pre-trial detainees.
A Las Cruces news report is here.