Sandra Bland's family wins wrongful death lawsuit
 

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.

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The changes include the use of sensors 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...

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