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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A company providing mental health services in California jails argues it shouldn't be held liable for the death of an inmate.
View Comments In an effort to raise awareness and call for change, a “Justice for John Adena” group is holding a rally and silent march to the Shasta County Jail in Redding Tuesday afternoon. Adena, 31, died in jail custody in September of 2019. More than a year later, his family received the autopsy report which listed his cause of death as undetermined. In April, his family filed a lawsuit alleging he died as a result of beatings from jail deputies after learning of injuries on his body. “How much force were they using on him day in and day out for almost five weeks before he die...
A jail official said he couldn't give complete details due to the ongoing investigation but said foul play is not suspected.
A lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday accuses Shasta County Jail deputies of repeatedly beating a man in custody, causing his death, and then covering it up. The suit centers on the death of 31-year-old John Adena, one of three people who died in jail custody in September 2019. The suit claims then-Sheriff Tom Bosenko and jail leadership knew Adena's death was a result of excessive force and deliberate indifference to his medical needs. An attorney hired by the family, Julia Sherwin of the firm Haddad & Sherwin, said officials refused to tell Adena's parents how he died, concealing ...
