Atlanta to pay nearly $1 million to family of diabetic inmate who died in lockup
Wickie Yvonne Bryant died alone in an unlit cell at the Atlanta City Detention Center after she didn’t get proper medication to treat her diabetes.
Now, the city of Atlanta is expected to pay $995,000 to her family to settle a lawsuit that accuses the city, detention center officials and others of deliberate indifference to her serious medical condition.
The settlement is on the City Council’s consent agenda for Monday and is expected to be approved, Councilman Dustin R. Hillis said. A city committee earlier this week unanimously agreed to recommend the settlement, he said.
M.J. Blakely, the Atlanta attorney who represented the deceased woman’s family, said he could not comment.
Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/atlanta-pay-nearly-million-family-diabetic-inmate-who-died/ixIv7JspMkHipX4fLDdaZO/
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