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Addict’s Death From Withdrawal: Jail Settles for $1,000,000  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 10, Number 02, July/August 2008 , pp.30-30(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The estate of a heroin addict jailed for shoplifting alleges that the jail and jailers were negligent in failing to secure prompt medical attention.

Keywords: Reed v. County of Cook, Cook County Circuit Court, Case No. 03L010075

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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