Lawsuit filed over Arkansas jail inmate’s malnutrition death

Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a man who died from dehydration and malnutrition while being held in a west Arkansas jail filed a federal lawsuit Friday claiming jail staff ignored his medical and mental health needs.

Larry Eugene Price Jr. died at the Sebastian County jail in August 2021, after being held a little over a year at the facility awaiting trial on a terroristic threatening charge. Price, 51, who had a history of serious mental illness, had been held in solitary confinement at the county facility, according to the lawsuit.

The full article is available at apnews.com.

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Lawsuit filed over Arkansas jail inmate’s malnutrition death

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