Thursday, December 30, 2010
Family Of Jailed Inmate Sues Whitley County
KENTUCKY....
The family of Ronald Shannon Lawson, a man who died after being jailed in the Whitley County Detention Center four days earlier, is suing Whitley County. Lawson was in jail charged with driving under the influence and possesion of a controlled substance. The lawsuit says Lawson death from diabetes was unnecessary and preventable. The family's attorney says Lawson's treatment was not unusual but part of a pattern of the jail ignoring the medical needs of inmates.
The family of Ronald Shannon Lawson, a man who died after being jailed in the Whitley County Detention Center four days earlier, is suing Whitley County. Lawson was in jail charged with driving under the influence and possesion of a controlled substance. The lawsuit says Lawson death from diabetes was unnecessary and preventable. The family's attorney says Lawson's treatment was not unusual but part of a pattern of the jail ignoring the medical needs of inmates.
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