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People complain all the time to Dr. Janet Arrowsmith about the health care they can or can’t receive in the free world. But she says people incarcerated in New Mexico’s prisons and jails are going thr...
Civil rights lawyer says the medical grievance process in New Mexico's prisons and jails is a sham. Courts have refused to intervene.
April Trujillo the 18th person to die in MDC custody since 2020
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Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal The family of one of the people who died while in custody of the Metropolitan Detention Center last year has filed a lawsuit against Bernalillo County, the jail and the medical provider and staff alleging medical malpractice and negligence led to his death. Samuel Bryant Samuel Bryant, 46, died from the toxic effects of methamphetamine with contributing factors of opiate withdrawal, according to an autopsy report. The Office of the Medical Investigator determined his death was an accident. He was one of nine people in jail custody to die in the course o...