Deaths in Custody
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Steve Standridge

died 2020 · Faulkner County Detention Center, Faulkner County, Arkansas

Steve Standridge died while held at the Faulkner County Detention Center in Arkansas. According to a lawsuit filed by his family, his leg swelled badly after a suspected spider bite, and he died of sepsis shortly after being taken to a hospital. The family's suit, filed in March, names Turn Key Health and others.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). His family's lawsuit says staff failed to get him timely medical care for a leg swollen from a suspected spider bite, and that he died of sepsis after being taken to hospital.

Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).

Lawsuit: His family sued Turn Key Health Clinics and others in March over his death at the Faulkner County Detention Center, and no payment amount has been reported.

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