An Inmate Commits Suicide Where All Supervision is Lacking for Three Hours
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 15, Number 04, November/December 2013 , pp.49-50(2)
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Abstract:
Lemire v CDCR is a tragic case of a preventable inmate suicide. The critical facts can be briefly stated—medicated inmates were left unsupervised for three hours while the entire staff attended a meeting—but the broader array of facts and the nuanced legal analysis make Lemire a rich teaching decision and a textbook case about what never to do in a similar prison setting.Keywords: Lemire v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR); 2013 WL 4007558 (Cal. 9th Cir.);Cartwright v. City of Concord, 856 F.2d 1437 (9th Cir.1988); inmate suicide
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