Oklahoma lawmakers sign off on $1M settlement over inmate's death
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May 24, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday signed off on a $1.05 million settlement with the family of a state prison inmate who died of appendicitis in 2018 despite five visits to the prison's medical staff in the week before his death.
Attorneys for Joshua England's family say the 21-year-old citizen of the Choctaw Nation reported severe abdominal pain and classic appendicitis symptoms that worsened during his five separate visits with medical clinic staff in May 2018.
England's mother, Christina Smith, filed a federal lawsuit against prison officials in 2019, alleging that medical s...
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