10 deaths at L.A.'s Twin Towers jail: One man's family alleges staff failed to provide care
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Set us as preferred Relatives of a man who died after being found unconscious in a downtown Los Angeles jail cell are demanding answers about his death, while questioning whether authorities missed signs that he was having a mental health crisis.Daniel Magaña, 40, died Sept.5 at an area hospital, about 10 days after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Twin Towers Correctional Facility, according to relatives.
They say he was arrested by the LAPD on Aug.21 for allegedly evading police and was booked the same day into the jail downtown.Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department records show that Magaña was the ninth person to die this year after being housed at Twin Towers.
A 10th inmate died on Sept.20 from a cause that has yet to be determined pending an autopsy.
In a wrongful death claim filed Sept.21, Magaña’s family said authorities were aware of his lifelong struggles with mental health and were told during his booking that he had expressed suicidal ideations.
A day after arriving at the jail, the claim says, Magaña suffered an unspecified medical emergency that required hospitalization at the Los Angeles General Medical Center.When he returned to the jail, according to the family’s claim, the staff failed to place him in “appropriate acute mental health housing” or “provide the psychiatric evaluation, monitoring, medication, and treatment his condition required.” California The rise of multimillion-dollar “nuclear verdicts” involving the Los Angeles Police Department has caused payouts over officer misconduct, traffic accidents and workplace discrimination to soar in recent years, according to a Times analysis of data from the city attorney’s office.The Sheriff’s Department typically houses mentally ill prisoners at the Twin Towers, but Magaña’s family claims he was not transferred to a specia...