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On Wednesday afternoon demonstrators met outside the Minnesota Department of Corrections to demand answers about the recent increase in jail deaths.

(Plymouth, MN) -- Two Twin Cities area jails are being sued for mistreatment of inmates. Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors were outside the Minnesota Department of Corrections to get information about the increase in jail deaths in Ramsey and Hennepin Counties. In the suit, the attorney's highlight the death of Dillon Bakke, who they claim didn't receive treatment after sharing

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday against Ramsey County and sheriff’s office correctional officers alleges they failed to report or give treatment to a man who had suffered a “serious and progressively worsening brain hemorrhage” while jailed last year, resulting in his death nearly three weeks later. The 10-page civil rights lawsuit, filed by attorneys Richard Student and Steve Meshbesher on ...

The lawsuit follows a $3 million settlement that was reached in June in a separate lawsuit.

The Minnesota man was sleeping on his mom’s back porch when a neighbor reported a “suspicious person,” according to the federal lawsuit.