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TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
4. Because this is Arkansas.
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 09:24 PM
Jan 2023

The prosecuting attorney would never dream of charging the county jailers. I'm not terribly optimistic about the civil case in northwest Arkansas.

peppertree

(21,636 posts)
8. +1
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 10:15 PM
Jan 2023

Next thing he knows, his teenage kid in jail - full of bumps and bruises - and no one knows why.

peppertree

(21,636 posts)
13. Beautiful state, though
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 11:57 PM
Jan 2023

I grew up in Mississippi, and some of my fondest memories are of visiting the Ozarks - especially Eureka Springs, the lake country and Hot Springs.

Second only to N'Awlins as my favorite, I'd say.

And guess who was Governor...

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
14. It is a beautiful state from the Ozarks to the piney woods and lakes in my area.
Sun Jan 15, 2023, 12:01 AM
Jan 2023

There are many good people here. We're just outnumbered - by a lot - by the Bubbas.

Arkansas is home. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

peppertree

(21,636 posts)
15. +1
Sun Jan 15, 2023, 12:04 AM
Jan 2023

Appealing - and reasonably priced too. Unlike so many other states these days.

I do also miss Orange County, CA, I can tell you - but man...

hydrolastic

(488 posts)
6. I could only make it halfway through the case
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 10:13 PM
Jan 2023

How is possible for this to even happen? This is a privately run jail, correct? I hope he has family and that the state gets sued. Even then there is nothing that can make up for what this man went through.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
12. Nope. This was the Sebastian County Jail.
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 11:55 PM
Jan 2023

The "health care provider" was a private company but it was county employees that let the man starve.

The county sheriff's personnel will be shielded by qualified immunity.

iluvtennis

(19,861 posts)
9. Just disgusting. Didn't they bring food to his cell on daily basis. How did they not notice that
Sat Jan 14, 2023, 10:20 PM
Jan 2023

he wasn't eating.

This jail needs to be investigated and changes made.

Ziggysmom

(3,408 posts)
16. The new governor will clean things up! Oh wait, she's too busy passing executive orders!
Sun Jan 15, 2023, 12:07 AM
Jan 2023

Like the really necessary Executive Order to Prohibit Indoctrination and Critical Race Theory in Schools!


Good forbid we teach kids any truths.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
17. What charges would be brought against someone this developmentally
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 11:49 AM
Feb 2023

disabled? What the hell is wrong with the police and prosecutor? Who collected his SSI or SSDI while he was in prison?

LiberalArkie

(15,716 posts)
18. If you are in jail for longer than one month your Social Security Disability benefits
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 01:01 PM
Feb 2023

will stop being paid.

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