Georgia's prison system on Monday agreed to pay $2.2 million to the parents of a transgender inmate who hung herself in her cell in 2017.
The settlement came four years to the day since Jenna Mitchell, 25, died after being in a coma for two days before life support was withdrawn.
When Mitchell was placed in solitary confinement, the prison staff told her she was "being moved to the compound for transgender inmates," the suit said. Mitchell's mother told the woman who answered the phone at the prison about the threat and asked that her daughter be put on suicide watch. The woman said Mitchell was already "in medical" for attempting suicide and that she was "okay," the suit said.But Mitchell was placed back into solitary confinement, and on Dec. 4 told a corrections officer that she was about to hang herself.
focusing on inmates harming each other and will continue to investigate cases of sexual violence against LGBTQ inmatesMitchell's parents' attorney, David B. Shanies, told NBC News in a statement that the family is calling on the Georgia Attorney General and the Justice Department to investigate her death and hold wrongdoers accountable."Even a record-setting civil recovery cannot begin to repair the damage caused by this horrific event," Shanies added.
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