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Seven detainees had medical and mental health or substance use complications requiring care. None of them survived. The jail has defied court orders to produce those records, an investigation found.
SHAWNEE, Okla. — Pottawatomie County jail officials apparently defied state laws and a judge’s order when they concealed information on the deaths of seven vulnerable detainees.
The circumstances that brought 4 women and 3 men to the Pottawatomie County Jail were different. But their outcomes were the same.
The circumstances that brought 4 women and 3 men to the Pottawatomie County Jail were different. But their outcomes were the same.
SHAWNEE, Okla. — Pottawatomie County jail officials apparently defied state laws and a judge’s order when they concealed information on the deaths of seven vulnerable detainees.