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October 12, 2008
Appleton Post Crescent: Claim filed over suicide in Outagamie Co. Jail
Posted by Gary Storck
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The family of an inmate with a traumatic brain injury, facing charges for cannabis possession and bail-jumping, has filed a $350,000 claim against the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department, alleging negligence, after the inmate took his own life.
Cannabis has been shown to be a treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury click here. This young man was likely self-medicating with cannabis to treat his injury, and was jailed for it. This is why Wisconsin sorely needs a comprehensive medical cannabis law ASAP!
Source: Appleton Post Crescent click here
Pubdate: October 12, 2008
Author: Susan Squires, Gannett Wisconsin Media
CLAIM FILED OVER SUICIDE IN OUTAGAMIE CO. JAILInmate's mother accuses workers of negligence
APPLETON — A suicide victim's mother has filed a $350,000 claim against the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department, alleging jail employees' negligence resulted in her son's death.
William Ziebell, 32, Tigerton, was found hanging from a bed sheet April 28 in his cell at the Outagamie County Jail. He died at St. Elizabeth Hospital on May 3 from the injuries he suffered in the hanging.
His mother, Kim Ziebell, contends the sheriff's department should have known he was suicidal and taken precautions.
Ziebell, who was unable to post a $1,500 cash bond, had been in jail since Feb. 6 on misdemeanor drug and felony bail-jumping charges. He was arrested for possession of marijuana at Villa Hope, a center in Appleton for people with psychiatric and behavioral disorders. It was the most recent in a series of jail and hospital confinements for Ziebell, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2006.
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Posted by Gary at October 12, 2008 09:56 AM
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