Record #:

27671

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Two employees of the Department of Public Safety have received federal subpoenas from a grand jury in connection with the death of mentally ill inmate Michael Anthony Kerr. Since Kerr’s death casued by dehydration, 9 prison workers have been fired, 2 have resigned, and another 20 to 30 were disciplined. The Department of Public Safety has also assigned a new administrator to Alexander Correctional and will begin rolling out a series of reforms for inmates with mental illnesses. Changes in policy and the new reforms are detailed.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 41, October 2014, p13

Subject(s):

Mental illness; Prisoners--Medical care; Prisoners; Prisons--Laws and legislation