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Deceased inmates’ families file claim against county
Published Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The families of the two men who died while inmates of the correctional facility have filed a wrongful death claim against Butler County.
Calvin Poole, attorney for the county, said the claim is a legal formality and doesn't necessarily mean that a lawsuit is pending.
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Emergency responders were called to the Butler County Correctional Facility on Feb. 10 after Ronnie O'Neal Warren complained of difficulty breathing and collapsed. He died enroute to L.V. Stabler Memorial Hospital.
Warren was scheduled to be released that day.
Another inmate, Latarrian Smith, had been admitted to the hospital on Monday of that same week and died the Thursday after Warren.
During Monday's commission meeting, Chairman Jesse McWilliams said the commission would not discuss the claim. He said the county was confident that the sheriff's staff had followed protocol.
The ABI is investigating the death of Warren on request from Harden. - Staff Reports
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Posted by usernamebill (anonymous) on March 10, 2010 at 10:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So let me get this in terms we can all understand, the fact that this person lived in a way that harmed himself, and put others in danger is the fault of the sheriffs office. Why is it that when someone’s lifestyle catches up with them the family thinks someone owes them something? Somebody will respond as to what a good person we have here, I am sure he was loved by someone, if so why you not intervened in the lifestyle before he ended up in the system, and he killed himself with a bottle.
Posted by GHSParent (anonymous) on March 10, 2010 at 2:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I can assume that he didn't have access to a "bottle" in jail. Lifestyle or not, it does seems strange that in the matter of seconds, while walking outside, we complained of difficulty breathing and collapsed. Then, the EMT's thought that he was so far gone that they called it on the way to the hospital? How long is the max time that they did CPR? 5 minutes?
Following the procedure manual to the letter and doing the right thing are not always the same thing.
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