Civilian review of inmate death raises questions over what can be investigated
Minutes before Jerrell Dwayne Lacy was found unconscious in his Central Jail cell last year, an unidentified nurse was alarmed by the results of his electrocardiogram. The nurse was about to call 911 so Lacy could be moved to a hospital emergency room. But someone told San Diego sheriff’s deputies that Lacy was instead cleared to return to the jail’s housing module. The deputies needed a wheelchair to move Lacy back to his cell, where 12 minutes later he was found unresponsive — and soon died.
A sheriff’s spokesperson told The San Diego Union-Tribune last year that Lacy had a history of violent behavior and had attacked a deputy days earlier. After Lacy was returned to custody, he told the jail medical staff that he planned on hurting himself, the review board investigation said. He was placed in enhanced observational housing, or EOH, the jail unit that calls for checks every 15 minutes to prevent suicides.
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