AUTISTIC DEATH LAWSUIT 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, ONE FAMILY IS SUING A COUNTY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THEIR SON WHILE HE WAS IN CUSTODY. 
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, 19-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH TRAMMELL OF LEBANON, DIED AFTER BEING HOSPITALIZED FOR SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES IN THE COUNTY JAIL. TRAMMELL WAS AUTISTIC AND THE INJURIES STEMMED FOR A TECHNIQUE ASSOCIATED WITH SELF-CALMING DURING TRAUMA. COURT RECORDS ALLEGE THE JAIL STAFF RIDICULED TRAMMELL, DENIED HIM MEDICATION, RESTRAINED HIM AND REFUSED HIM MEDICAL CARE DESPITE TRAMMELL EXPLAINING HIS CONDITION. HIS FAMILY IS SUING THE COUNTY AND THE JAIL MEDICAL STAFF FOR WRONGFUL DEATH. THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 220 DEATHS IN OHIO JAILS BETWEEN 2020 AND 2023.