The family of a man who died last year at the Santa Rita jail sued Alameda County on Monday, blaming his death on jail staff failing to give him needed prescriptions during his month-long incarcera…
The family of a man who died last year at the Santa Rita jail filed a lawsuit against Alameda County Monday, blaming his death on jail staff who they said failed to give him prescriptions he needed for a diagnosed mental illness.
“This is a case, this a matter, this is a death that should not have happened,” said Adanté Pointer, an attorney for the family, adding that “they sent his family on a wild goose chase to try to provide the medical information Mr. Monk so desperately needed to receive.” He died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and the manner of his death was natural, said Lt. Ray Kelly, a sheriff’s spokesman. However, a request to the coroner’s bureau of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office for Monk’s autopsy report was not answered Monday.
In the days and weeks that followed, Monk’s sister, Elvira Monk, said she called the jail’s staff 10 to 15 times and begged them to ensure that her brother received his medications. Of particular concern was a monthly injection of Halidol, which he needed on Nov. 9, the lawsuit said. The drug is often used to treat schizophrenia.
Pointer said the sheriff’s office has withheld Monk’s autopsy report and several other medical records. He said the lawsuit was based on ambulance and paramedic records, which offer a limited view of Monk’s medical history while at the jail.
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