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Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $25,000 after Jail Failed to Give Prisoner Immunosuppressant Medication

On January 14, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to settle a suit for $25,000 for alleged negligence by Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) staff in providing a prisoner with her medication.

Prior to Tabitha Overton’s incarceration in 2002, she received a liver transplant. SCMJ staff was aware that Overton ...

 

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