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$1.45 Million Settlement in Mentally Ill Alabama Jail Prisoner's Death

Fifteen days after he entered Alabama's Mobile Jail, James Carpenter died
of an infection from a flesh-eating bacteria. During his period of
incarceration, Carpenter was kept in solitary confinement, naked and
shackled on his hands and wrists. Abrasions from the restraints provided
the entry points for the bacteria that killed ...

 

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