Inmate suicide that led to firings now subject of lawsuit
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February 19, 2017
PHOENIX (AP) — The suicide of an Arizona state prison inmate that led to the mass firing of Arizona corrections officers last year is now the subject of a lawsuit.
The parents and three sons of inmate Scott Saba filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state and several former officers on Feb. 14.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Marion and Richard Saba and Scott Saba's children says the state's neglect of his mental health and the officers' actions directly led to his death.
Last year's death of Saba and another inmate suicide in 2015 led the Department of Corrections to fire 13 guards and di...
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