Jail supervisor headed to trial in inmate's death

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 9:29 am CDT, Wednesday, July 25, 2018

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee County jail supervisor who ordered the water turned off in a cell leading to the dehydration death of a mentally ill inmate is headed to trial.

Kashka Meadors is charged with felony neglect of a resident of a penal facility, punishable by up to 3½ years in prison. A court filing suggested that Meadors might change her plea to guilty at Wednesday's hearing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, but she requested trial instead, without explanation.

Meadors testified during an April inquest into the death of 38-year-old Terrill Thomas that she ordered the water shut off because Thomas had flooded his cell by clogging the toilet.

She is one of three jail employees facing criminal charges in Thomas' death.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Jail-supervisor-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-13103425.php

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[TEB]

2. Sadist

[groundloop]

3. He flooded the cell so she ordered water turned off.... without providing a source of drinking water

SHAME.

Yes, I can understand the frustration of having the idiot flood his cell by plugging the toilet, but damn, that doesn't warrant a death sentence. At a minimum he should have been provided a water bottle to drink out of.

[Judi Lynn]

4. She must have called Sheriff Arpaio for advice, heard not to "molly coddle" the prisoner.

Just being awake should have been enough to remind her people die without water.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Earlier article: Inmate Died After 7 Days Without Water in Milwaukee Jail, Prosecutors Say

Inmate Died After 7 Days Without Water in Milwaukee Jail, Prosecutors Say
By JULIA ZORTHIAN April 25, 2017

A Milwaukee inmate died after he was deprived of water for seven days of solitary confinement in April 2016, prosecutors said on Monday.

Terrill Thomas, 38, died of dehydration on his eighth day in a solitary confinement cell at Milwaukee County Jail, according to prosecutors as they opened an inquest into his death on Monday. The prosecutors said the inmate had an untreated mental illness and he did not ask for water when officers turned off his supply, the Milwuakee Journal Sentinel reports.

Assistant District Attorney Kurt Benkley said during his opening statement that three officers turned off Thomas’ water supply after he flooded another cell, but did not turn it back on or tell other officers about the lack of water. Thomas allegedly lost nearly 35 pounds as he weakened in the solitary cell, and prosecutors said his bi-polar disorder kept him from telling officers about his needs.

http://time.com/4753586/miluakee-inmate-died-jail-dehydration-terrill-thomas/

[Archae]

6. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142118615

[Judi Lynn]

7. Had you bothered to check the time you would have noticed mine was posted over an hour EARLIER

than yours.

Mine was posted at Wed Jul 25, 2018, 10:25 AM, and yours was posted at Wed Jul 25, 2018, 11:50 AM.

I was surprised to see yours, bearing the same headline, loom into view while mine was in plain sight.

[Archae]

8. I see it now, sorry.

Going to delete my message.

Haven't been feeling my best the last couple days.