Today: A Mentally Ill Inmate's Final 46 Hours
The death of a man strapped to a chair for 46 hours in a San Luis Obispo County jail puts a focus on the conditions for mentally ill inmates in California's county jails. Here are the stories you shouldn't miss today: Andrew Holland's legs and arms were shackled to a chair in a jail observation cell, where he sat in his own filth, eating and drinking almost nothing, for nearly two days in January. He was naked except for a helmet and mask covering his face and a blanket that slipped off his lap. San Luis Obispo County jail officials say Holland, who had schizophrenia, was restrained because he had been hitting himself in the head and was kept there because he refused to not harm himself further. Within 40 minutes of being unbound, he had stopped breathing. Holland's death has provoked outrage, a $5-million legal settlement and questions about the way California jails handle a growing number of mentally ill inmates.
Aug-24-2017, 12:50:06 GMT
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