https://www.dailykos.com/news/ralkinaturner News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:56:06 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:56:06 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/25/1491126/-Woman-deprived-of-water-dies-in-South-Carolina-jail <p>Joyce Curnell was a 50-year-old woman who died last summer in the Charleston County, South Carolina, jail. She was <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/07/28/3685435/fourth-black-woman-found-dead-jail-cell-since-mid-july">one of five black women</a> who died while in police custody under seemingly mysterious circumstances at the time. On February 24, the <em>Post and Courier</em> reported that Curnell died from being “<a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160224/PC16/160229636">deprived of water</a>” while in the jail:</p> <blockquote> <p>She spent the last 27 hours of her life behind bars. During that time she became too sick to eat or call for help, according to court documents filed this week. She vomited all night and couldn’t make it to a bathroom, so jailers gave her a trash bag. Some medical staffers ignored the jail officials’ requests to tend to her, the documents alleged.</p> <p>Curnell’s family filed a notice Wednesday to sue the jail’s medical contractor, Carolina Center for Occupational Health, for malpractice. Unless a settlement is reached, a lawsuit likely will follow. The filing cited expert opinion from a local doctor, who said Curnell’s death “more likely than not” would have been prevented if she had been properly treated for gastroenteritis and dehydration.</p> </blockquote> <p>Curnell had been taken by ambulance to an emergency room after complaining of nausea and vomiting and diagnosed with gastroenteritis. Now, here’s where it gets interesting:</p> rss@dailykos.com (Thandisizwe Chimurenga) BlackWomensLivesMatter incustodydeath joycecurnell kimachapman medicalneglect ralkinaturner SandraBland SayHerName _1491126 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:05:53 +0000