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Maricopa County, Phoenix Settle Lawsuit Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Death for $7.25 Million
Loaded on Nov. 6, 2018
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2018, page 38
Filed under:
Settlements,
Excessive Force (Wrongful Death),
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Arizona.
by Matt Clarke
In April 2018, just weeks before a trial was scheduled to begin, the City of Phoenix, Arizona agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill prisoner who died at the Maricopa County jail after being mocked, beaten and Tasered ...
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