Family seeks $10 million in inmate’s jail death
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The family of a Newark, Calif., man has filed a $10-million claim against an Alameda County jail, alleging that the staff ignored his calls for help as he slowly died from internal bleeding.
Michael Decoite, 42, suffocated last year as the bleeding blocked his ability to breathe, according to a claim filed Thursday against the county’s Santa Rita jail. He died at a hospital after he was found barely responsive in the jail’s infirmary.
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