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A spokesman with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office has confirmed a death has been reported at the Hill Finklea Detention Center.More >>
A spokesman with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office has confirmed a death has been reported at the Hill Finklea Detention Center.More >>
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) - Berkeley County
faces a pair of lawsuits by the estates of inmates who have died in the
jail in Moncks Corner.
The Post and Courier reported the lawsuits say the inmates with serious medical conditions died because they did not get proper medical care.
Sheriff Wayne DeWitt told the newspaper he must take anyone charged with a crime, regardless of their medical condition.
An attorney for the county, Sandra Senn, says it's hard to determine which inmates are really sick.
The latest lawsuit in
September says a man convicted of shoplifting and animal nuisance was
not properly treated for bipolar depressive disorder, Hepatitis C,
cirrhosis of the liver and other problems.
A suit in April says an inmate was improperly treated for alcohol withdrawal.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
