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Detention Center Suicide
Elizabeth, NJ: (Nov-09-07) Yolanda Padilla, the mother of Eddie Sinclair Jr., brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Union County, after the 17-year-old boy committed suicide in the Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabeth in 2003. Padilla stated that the death of her son could have been prevented and resulted out of the negligence of the jail staff. The death of Eddie Sinclair Jr. made headlines because he died in an overcrowded, dirty detention center, which officials had repeatedly received warnings from the state to improve conditions. The teen hanged himself on May 10, 2003 by tying a bed sheet to an exposed and broken fire sprinkler state authorities had ordered removed months earlier. The suit named Trinitas Hospital and Correctional Health Services Inc. which treated Sinclair, and Siemens Building Technology Inc. and Firemasters, companies involved in the installation of the fire sprinkler head, as defendants. As part of a settlement reached, Union County has agreed to pay $780,000 to settle the case.
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Published on Nov-12-07
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