lagonegirl: Woman, 50, died after being ‘deprived of water’ at Charleston County jail
lagonegirl: Woman, 50, died after being ‘deprived of water’ at Charleston County jail A woman who was arrested at a hospital over the summer for failing to pay court fines died the next day because she was deprived of water at the Charleston County jail, her family’s attorneys said Wednesday. Joyce Curnell, 50, of Edisto Island was found dead in the jail a day after being taken from Roper Hospital, where she had been treated for a stomach illness. She spent the last 27 hours of her life behind bars. During that time she became too sick to eat or call for help, according to court documents filed this week. She vomited all night and couldn’t make it to a bathroom, so jailers gave her a trash bag. Some medical staffers ignored the jail officials’ requests to tend to her, the documents alleged. source Jail for unpaid fines is obscene enough. But no WATER? For the love of God and basic humanity this is an outrage. Nobody should be forced to pay thousands of dollars just receive life saving treatment, and we should not be killing people for not doing so. #JoyceCurnell #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter -- source link