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09-15-2016, 07:50 PM
Sandra Bland's family wins wrongful death lawsuit
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The family of Sandra Bland has been awarded $1.9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after Bland died of a reported suicide while in jail in July 2015.*
The details of the lawsuit, which were revealed by Bland's mother and a family attorney on Thursday, included compensation and specific promises for procedural changes at Texas's Waller County Jail, where Bland died.
SEE ALSO: Sandra Bland was absolutely right to protest violent male authority (http://mashable.com/2015/07/25/sandra-bland-confronted-******r/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The changes include the use of sensors (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/us/sandra-bland-wrongful-death-settlement/index.html?sr=twCNN091516sandra-bland-wrongful-death-settlement1208PMVODtopLink&linkId=28815479) to **tify jail staff when it's time to check in on an inmate, jailer training to better screen incoming inmates, and an agreement for the jail to hire a nurse or technician capable of administering emergency aid to inmates. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/sandra-bland-wrongful-death/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The family of Sandra Bland has been awarded $1.9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after Bland died of a reported suicide while in jail in July 2015.*
The details of the lawsuit, which were revealed by Bland's mother and a family attorney on Thursday, included compensation and specific promises for procedural changes at Texas's Waller County Jail, where Bland died.
SEE ALSO: Sandra Bland was absolutely right to protest violent male authority (http://mashable.com/2015/07/25/sandra-bland-confronted-******r/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The changes include the use of sensors (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/us/sandra-bland-wrongful-death-settlement/index.html?sr=twCNN091516sandra-bland-wrongful-death-settlement1208PMVODtopLink&linkId=28815479) to **tify jail staff when it's time to check in on an inmate, jailer training to better screen incoming inmates, and an agreement for the jail to hire a nurse or technician capable of administering emergency aid to inmates. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/sandra-bland-wrongful-death/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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