LEXINGTON After roughly 9 hours of deliberation, jurors concluded only one of three defendants were negligent of the medical needs of an inmate who committed suicide at the Boyd County Jail in 2021.
One detainee in 2022, who told guards that he was suicidal, was cleared after a medical check to return to his cell without any suicide-watch protocol. He was found dead about an hour later.
She told parole officers he needed to be placed under suicidewatch while in prison. According to the lawsuit, officers responded that Bell had not related to them any feelings concerning ...