Monk’s siblings repeatedly contacted Alameda County sheriff’s deputies saying that their brother needed several medications.
Maurice Monk died at the Santa Rita jail last year after staff at the Dublin, California, facility allegedly refused to give the 45-year-old inmate medications he needed for a diagnosed mental illness. On Monday, his family filed a lawsuit alleging a “callous disregard” for Monk’s life, according to today!
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