Former commander, 2 staffers charged in dehydration death of Terrill Thomas in Milwaukee County Jail

[DonViejo]

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel




Ashley Luthern and John Diedrich, Milwaukee Published 11:33 a.m. CT Feb. 12, 2018 | Updated 12:04 p.m. CT Feb. 12, 2018

The former commander of the Milwaukee County Jail was charged Monday with felony misconduct in office and obstructing an officer in the dehydration death of Terrill Thomas.

Milwaukee County Sheriff's Major Nancy Evans was charged along with two other jail staffers.

Thomas, a 38-year-old inmate with bipolar disorder, went seven days without water in solitary confinement before his death.

Jail Lt. Kashka Meadors and correctional officer James Ramsey-Guy are each charged with neglecting an inmate, a felony offense.


Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/02/12/former-commander-2-staffers-charged-dehydration-death-terrill-thomas-milwaukee-county-jail/329574002/

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Sheriff David Clarke’s jail

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Hope fully this is a start

in rebuilding the Trust in Milwaukee. So much damage done by one Sherriff in a short period of time.

[DFW]

2. They should charge them with the crime they committed

Manslaughter 1 or Murder 2. They knew what they were doing. They saw their victim's condition deteriorate before their eyes every day. This was not negligent. It was a deliberate, sadistic killing.

[Hortensis]

6. Agree. Depraved indifference to life and depraved-heart law

terms came to mind also. I don't see that Wisconsin uses either term, but almost certainly that is reflected under other terminology.

[riversedge]

3. Then-Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. promoted Evans in 2014 to overseeing Mitchell Airport security afte

Seems Clarke has no shame either.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/02/12/former-commander-2-staffers-charged-dehydration-death-terrill-thomas-milwaukee-county-jail/329574002/


....Then-Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. promoted Evans in 2014 to overseeing Mitchell Airport security after Clarke's own internal investigation found she had committed a "clear act" of misconduct in office just 18 months before.

At that time, prosecutors decided not to press charges against Evans because they couldn't prove she personally benefited when awarding thousands of taxpayer dollars to an account she created for her longtime boyfriend via no-bid contracts.

A sheriff's investigator concluded Evans broke county rules by providing contracts to a former corrections officer with whom she had an extramarital affair, according to an internal report.

[Hortensis]

7. Like Trump's putrid menagerie. People of bad character seek each other out.

[Gothmog]

4. That idiot David Clarke needs to be charged

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Thomas was left to die of thirst.

inhumane, cruel beyond comprehension.

I hope it gave the jail staff great amusement to watch him plead for a sip of water.