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$825,000 Paid to Estate of New Mexico Jail Detainee Who Died from Heroin Withdrawal
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2022
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2022, page 36
Filed under:
Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal,
Settlements,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
New Mexico.
by Matt Clarke
In a settlement reached on March 1, 2022, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve claims filed over the heroin withdrawal death of a detainee at the county’s Adult Detention Facility (ADF) six years earlier.
When Ricardo Jose Ortiz was booked into ADF ...
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