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Officers Possibly Liable in Jail Suicide Case  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 18, Number 06, March/April 2017 , pp.83-85(3)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The wife of the decedent brings suit after improperly executed inmate checks allow her husband to commit suicide unnoticed by asphyxiating himself with a plastic bag beneath his bed linens.

Keywords: Nallani v. Wayne Co., Mich.; substantial risk of serious harm; deliberate indifference; suicide prevention protocols

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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