An mentally ill man with an IQ of 55 who was being held on $1000 bail literally *starved to death* i

[LiberalArkie]

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[Joinfortmill]

1. My God

[CurtEastPoint]

2. This is just appalling. How horrible this country has become.

https://www.newsweek.com/2023/01/20/starved-death-american-jail-man-who-couldnt-pay-100-bail-1773459.html

[rubbersole]

7. Of course he was a POC.

[IA8IT]

3. Why is this a lawsuit and not felony murder?

Arkansas has the death penalty.

[TomSlick]

4. Because this is Arkansas.

The prosecuting attorney would never dream of charging the county jailers. I'm not terribly optimistic about the civil case in northwest Arkansas.

[peppertree]

8. +1

Next thing he knows, his teenage kid in jail - full of bumps and bruises - and no one knows why.

[TomSlick]

11. No one ever moved to Arkansas to have their consciousness raised.

[peppertree]

13. Beautiful state, though

I grew up in Mississippi, and some of my fondest memories are of visiting the Ozarks - especially Eureka Springs, the lake country and Hot Springs.

Second only to N'Awlins as my favorite, I'd say.

And guess who was Governor...

[TomSlick]

14. It is a beautiful state from the Ozarks to the piney woods and lakes in my area.

There are many good people here. We're just outnumbered - by a lot - by the Bubbas.

Arkansas is home. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

[peppertree]

15. +1

Appealing - and reasonably priced too. Unlike so many other states these days.

I do also miss Orange County, CA, I can tell you - but man...

[judesedit]

5. Shameful. Those who let him starve have to live with themselves

[hydrolastic]

6. I could only make it halfway through the case

How is possible for this to even happen? This is a privately run jail, correct? I hope he has family and that the state gets sued. Even then there is nothing that can make up for what this man went through.

[TomSlick]

12. Nope. This was the Sebastian County Jail.

The "health care provider" was a private company but it was county employees that let the man starve.

The county sheriff's personnel will be shielded by qualified immunity.

[iluvtennis]

9. Just disgusting. Didn't they bring food to his cell on daily basis. How did they not notice that

he wasn't eating.

This jail needs to be investigated and changes made.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. This sort of thing isn't as rare as one might think here in America

[Ziggysmom]

16. The new governor will clean things up! Oh wait, she's too busy passing executive orders!

Like the really necessary Executive Order to Prohibit Indoctrination and Critical Race Theory in Schools!


Good forbid we teach kids any truths.

[Ilsa]

17. What charges would be brought against someone this developmentally

disabled? What the hell is wrong with the police and prosecutor? Who collected his SSI or SSDI while he was in prison?

[LiberalArkie]

18. If you are in jail for longer than one month your Social Security Disability benefits

will stop being paid.