Sarah Stillman

Well, the law firm to whom they went, they had sued this company before, as have many others, because there's been quite a range of jail deaths tied to negligence as well as other kinds of medical health crises. In fact, just in this past month, there was a big settlement reached in regard to someone in a Washington state jail who basically had his leg cut.

rotting off and it wasn't treated or attended to. So they found a law firm, Budgenhype in Seattle, that had done a lot of jail death litigation. Because I think it's really important to emphasize it's not just NAFCARE. I mean, there's quite a number of companies operating in this space.

rotting off and it wasn't treated or attended to. So they found a law firm, Budgenhype in Seattle, that had done a lot of jail death litigation. Because I think it's really important to emphasize it's not just NAFCARE. I mean, there's quite a number of companies operating in this space.

rotting off and it wasn't treated or attended to. So they found a law firm, Budgenhype in Seattle, that had done a lot of jail death litigation. Because I think it's really important to emphasize it's not just NAFCARE. I mean, there's quite a number of companies operating in this space.

And many of these companies have been providing care in instances where there was actually deaths of pretty astonishing neglect.

And many of these companies have been providing care in instances where there was actually deaths of pretty astonishing neglect.

And many of these companies have been providing care in instances where there was actually deaths of pretty astonishing neglect.

Yeah, in her intake form, there was supposed to be, as the lawyers saw it, a space for the medication she'd previously been on. And she did articulate her need for those, but simply just didn't see a mental health provider in a timely fashion. And she's not, of course, the only one at that jail who needed such services.

Yeah, in her intake form, there was supposed to be, as the lawyers saw it, a space for the medication she'd previously been on. And she did articulate her need for those, but simply just didn't see a mental health provider in a timely fashion. And she's not, of course, the only one at that jail who needed such services.

Yeah, in her intake form, there was supposed to be, as the lawyers saw it, a space for the medication she'd previously been on. And she did articulate her need for those, but simply just didn't see a mental health provider in a timely fashion. And she's not, of course, the only one at that jail who needed such services.

A lot of those positions went unstaffed for basically the majority of time that Mary was in the jail. And I should say, too, the lawyers who are representing the family, they had worked on many of these cases.

A lot of those positions went unstaffed for basically the majority of time that Mary was in the jail. And I should say, too, the lawyers who are representing the family, they had worked on many of these cases.

A lot of those positions went unstaffed for basically the majority of time that Mary was in the jail. And I should say, too, the lawyers who are representing the family, they had worked on many of these cases.

And a lot of them involved much younger people, like literally in one case, an 18-year-old, Mark Moreno, whose story really stood out to me because it was really a story of how we criminalize people for their mental health issues instead of providing the treatment at the front end. This was a young kid whose father had actually taken him to a local mental health clinic.

And a lot of them involved much younger people, like literally in one case, an 18-year-old, Mark Moreno, whose story really stood out to me because it was really a story of how we criminalize people for their mental health issues instead of providing the treatment at the front end. This was a young kid whose father had actually taken him to a local mental health clinic.

And a lot of them involved much younger people, like literally in one case, an 18-year-old, Mark Moreno, whose story really stood out to me because it was really a story of how we criminalize people for their mental health issues instead of providing the treatment at the front end. This was a young kid whose father had actually taken him to a local mental health clinic.

During the midst of a serious episode, Mark had been like talking to angels and was clearly in the throes of something. And instead of receiving treatment there, what happened is that he was turned over to police who were supposed to take him to the hospital. And instead, they found that he had two misdemeanor warrants for traffic violations.

During the midst of a serious episode, Mark had been like talking to angels and was clearly in the throes of something. And instead of receiving treatment there, what happened is that he was turned over to police who were supposed to take him to the hospital. And instead, they found that he had two misdemeanor warrants for traffic violations.

During the midst of a serious episode, Mark had been like talking to angels and was clearly in the throes of something. And instead of receiving treatment there, what happened is that he was turned over to police who were supposed to take him to the hospital. And instead, they found that he had two misdemeanor warrants for traffic violations.

And based on those misdemeanor warrants, he was instead taken to the county jail where he wound up dying eight days later of dehydration. So it could happen not just to someone like Mary in her 60s, but also to teenagers, multiple teenagers.