Mentally ill woman dies in custody, lawsuit alleges deprivation of medical care

A lawsuit filed by the family of a Washington woman who died while in jail in 2018 alleges inhumane confinement and deprivation of adequate medical care where she was held

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The death of Damaris Rodriguez, who was suffering from symptoms of psychosis, followed four days of"inexcusable neglect and appalling conditions at the South Correctional Entity Jail," the lawsuit says. CNN affiliate KIRO first reported her death this week.On December 30, 2017, Rodriguez suffered from a mental health episode while at her home in the Washington city of SeaTac, a suburb of Seattle, according to the lawsuit.

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