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Covid cases are sentencing ppl incarcerated to death &long-term disabilities due to conditions of WA state jails &prisons. @snocounty jail has a history of being a place ppl end up dead: 8 ppl in 3 yrs. Now they 'll test inmates daily, to protect the court. No protection for them https://twitter.com/cj_mcmahon/status/1333706106154086402
The latest death of 34 yr old Christopher W. Hankins on Sept 16th has no cause of death released & the "death investigation will be conducted by the Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit". The jail is also under the Sheriff's Office, so they're going to investigate themselves.
Piper Travis, 34, became seriously ill while in custody and was diagnosed in December 2017 with meningitis, sepsis and acute respiratory distress. She died in the hospital on Dec. 16, surrounded by family. https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/county-settles-for-3-1m-in-womans-jail-related-death/
"Travis struggled to respond to directions, talked incoherently and soiled herself. One deputy allegedly wrote that “MAX is a good place for her.”..Jail employees reportedly said that Travis only needed a psychological evaluation and suggested that she was “faking it.”"
"Travis was lying on a mattress in her own urine, hyperventilating, foaming at the mouth and experiencing seizure-like symptoms. She had a temperature of 102 degrees and she didn’t respond to verbal cues.
By Dec. 12, she lost all brain activity. She died four days later."
By Dec. 12, she lost all brain activity. She died four days later."
2014: 62 yr old Marilyn Mowan, allegedly died from drinking too much water. Mowan lived w/mental illness. death had been ruled a suicide by a former associate medical examiner for the county. The family sued & reached a $675,000 settlement
Mowan had been diagnosed with chronic mental illness and a psychiatric disorder that caused her to drink too much water. The problem was so severe that she’d been hospitalized during a previous jail stay after she developed water intoxication and a sodium imbalance.
She had been living in Compass Health housing. Her final arrest came after she slapped a nurse at a triage center, a place set up to steer people in mental health crises away from the criminal justice system.
Police recommended she be charged with 3rd-degree assault, a felony.
Police recommended she be charged with 3rd-degree assault, a felony.
To be clear: Everett Police recommended a 62 yr old woman w/mental health disorders & health concerns should be sentenced w/ serious felony & be locked up long-term. Snohomish County jail officers knew of the severity of her condition & caused her death. She needed care, not cops
2012: 22 yr old Michael Saffioti died from alleged anaphylactic shock after eating breakfast. The family sued the county for $2.4 mil. Saffioti was taking a number of medications, suffered from asthma and was severely allergic to dairy products
According to the family's lawsuit: several jail employees, including a corrections officer and four jail nurses, ignored her son’s medical needs when he began to suffer an apparent allergic reaction.
Saffioti was booked for misdemeanor marijuana possession. 22 yrs old.
Saffioti was booked for misdemeanor marijuana possession. 22 yrs old.
2011: 27 yr old Lyndsey Lason slowly died of a lung infection. The family sued for $1.3 mil, most of which went to her then 8 yr old son. During a medical assessment 5 days before Lason died, a nurse noted she had a high temperature, rapid breathing, an elevated heart rate and
“abnormally low oxygen saturation.” Lason was hyperventilating during the interview.
Instead of getting a diagnostic exam, she was given stool softeners & muscle relaxants. The medication would have done nothing to fight her infection.
Her death could have been prevented.
Instead of getting a diagnostic exam, she was given stool softeners & muscle relaxants. The medication would have done nothing to fight her infection.
Her death could have been prevented.
“The complacency of the medical staff & the corrections officers resulted in Lason’s death,” wrote forensic pathologist Carl Wigren.
Wigren found that jail staff “purposely frustrated Lason’s repeated attempts to gain access to medical care that would have saved her life.”
Wigren found that jail staff “purposely frustrated Lason’s repeated attempts to gain access to medical care that would have saved her life.”
