'Forgotten' inmate gets $15.5 million settlement from N.M. county

[Contrary1]

22 months in solitary? Unbelievable what happened to this poor man.

"Stephen Slevin's 22 months in solitary confinement in a county jail left him traumatized and physically weak, but he'll soon be a multimillionaire for his suffering.

The New Mexico county that locked him up on a drunk driving charge, isolated him from other inmates and accused of essentially forgetting about him for nearly two years agreed this week to settle his lawsuit for $15.5 million.

Slevin, now 59, went to jail in August 2005 as "a well nourished, physically healthy adult," but emerged with a long beard, bed sores, bad teeth and weighing just 133 pounds in June 2007, according to the lawsuit.

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"They threw him in solitary and then ignored him," said Coyte a year ago after a federal jury awarded Slevin $22 million. "He disappeared into delirium, and his mental illness was made worse by being isolated from human contact and a lack of medical care."

More: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/07/justice/new-mexico-inmate-settlement/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

[JustAnotherGen]

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That is horrific.