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According to a class action motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Public Justice Center and the law offices of Elizabeth Alexander, a man held at the Baltimore City Detention Center died in a hypertensive crisis. The motion says he had a known history of severe hypertension, went into drug withdrawal after being brought to the jail, and was offered no monitoring or medication for his symptoms. The same motion describes a woman held at the jail who showed signs of severe mental distress and took her own life there. It says she was referred to a psychiatrist and prescribed psychotropic drugs only shortly before her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The class action says jail staff offered him no monitoring or medication for his withdrawal symptoms before he died of a hypertensive crisis.
Reported by: American Civil Liberties Union, Public Justice Center and Elizabeth Alexander law offices (class action) (family or their lawyers).