US EditionFamily disputes official account of Nevada inmate’s death, alleging excessive force and a cover-up
- The family of Nevada inmate Patrick Odale disputes the official coroner's report about his death, alleging excessive force and a cover-up by prison staff.
- The lawsuit claims Patrick Odale was actually suffering from an asthma attack, contrary to the report stating he was 'erratic and growling'.
- The coroner's report concluded Odale died from 'positional and mechanical asphyxia' but raised questions about certain injuries and drug contributions to his death.
- Allegations include a conspiracy involving the Nevada Department of Corrections and its staff to obscure the circumstances of Odale's death.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Denver GazetteLawsuit alleges Nevada inmate was held down, killed by corrections officers
Patrick Odale was pronounced dead at Southern Desert Correctional Center on Dec. 28, 2023. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled that he died by “positional and mechanical asphyxia in the setting of law enforcement restraint.”
Lawsuit claims Las Vegas-area prison guards beat inmate to death
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The family of a man who died inside a Nevada prison is suing the state, claiming prison employees beat and killed him while he was having an asthma attack. Patrick Odale, 39, died on Dec. 28, 2023, while incarcerated at the Three Lakes Valley Conservation Camp, a neighboring facility to the Southern Desert Correctional Center. Odale was serving a 16-to-48-month sentence on a charge involving a stolen credit card. In 2022, a j…
Family sues Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart over ‘brutal’ jail death
The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail last year after he was beaten by guards is suing Sheriff Tom Dart alleging civil rights violations and demanding punitive damages. The 73-page suit filed last week in the Northern District of Illinois by the stepfather of Cory Ulmer, who was 41 when he died, accuses Dart of having a “pattern and practice of covering up or turning a blind eye to the use of excessive force.” An additional 30 county…
Cook County Jail detainee died from aggressive restraint, withheld medical care, lawsuit alleges | Illinois State Bar Association
Cook County Jail detainee died from aggressive restraint, withheld medical care, lawsuit allegesLast year, Cory Ulmer died at the Cook County Jail shortly after correctional officers struck him several times and threw him to the ground, records show. Now, Ulmer’s stepfather has filed a lawsuit. Source: Chicago Sun
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