A man died in Milwaukee county jail of dehydration. Fellow inmates report they heard the man cry for water for days before he died. The prison admits they had turned off water to his cell. The family of the dead man believes he was tortured and they are suing the prison.
Milwaukee inmate’s family says dehydration death was torture
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A man who died of dehydration at the Milwaukee County jail “was subjected to a form of torture” during 10 days in solitary confinement, his family alleges in a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims jail staff ignored 38-year-old Terrill Thomas’ pleas for water last April and that inmates “overheard his cries for water for days.”