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Oregon Jail Suicide Nets $59,422
Loaded on May 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2009, page 49
On March 14, 2008, Multnomah County, Oregon paid $59,422 to the estate of a mentally ill female detainee to settle a suit stemming from her jail suicide.
Filed under:
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Mental Health,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides.
Location:
Oregon.
Berta Ray Lee was a 27-year-old mother of three minor children, ages five, seven and nine. She was arrested on December 17, 2004 ...
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