The former detention deputy testified another deputy found Manos unresponsive while passing out medication to inmates. The deputy nudged Manos with his foot before continuing to pass out medicine to other inmates. He did not alert other staff until he was finished.
The death of 16-year old John Leroy Daniel Applegate raised questions about the oversight of juveniles awaiting trial at county jails in the state.
One mother said employees would only allow her son to sit on a hard plastic chair with a piece of paper taped to it that read, “(Eric) only.” He was kept secluded from other boys, she said.
The death of a 2-year-old Pottawatomie County girl in 2017 came just a month after a DHS investigation was launched due to concerns over multiple injuries the girl had sustained, according to a report released last week.
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“It’s just a merry-go-round of employees who are always starting and quitting within three months, a very short period.”
After 28 years in prison, Corey Atchison heard the words he’d been waiting on for so long: “Mr. Atchison, you are a free man.”
Michael James Hoeppner was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and died from pneumonia in jail. He had told an arresting officer — at least twice — that he was sick.
