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Judge advances lawsuit that could put Santa Clara County jails on trial over suicide prevention

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SAN JOSE — A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit that questions suicide-prevention policies in Santa Clara County jails, filed by the family of a man who claims he was put in a setting that gave him the means to hang himself in his cell five years ago. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled that the children of Frederick Regal can argue to a federal civil jury that the county did not have reasonable measures in place to ensure he was sufficie…

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Judge advances lawsuit that could put Santa Clara County jails on trial over suicide prevention

SAN JOSE — A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit that questions suicide-prevention policies in Santa Clara County jails, filed by the family of a man who claims he was put in a setting that gave him the means to hang himself in his cell five years ago. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled that the children of Frederick Regal can argue to a federal civil jury that the county did not have reasonable measures in place to ensure he was sufficie…

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Santa Clara Jail Faces Claims From Family of Inmate Who Died By Suicide

A federal judge determined Wednesday that Santa Clara County Jail must face claims that it is liable for the suicide of an inmate in custody. The family of Frederick Regal sued Santa Clara County in 2022 claiming that leading up to Regal’s death in 2020, Santa Clara County Jail had failed for years to comply with court-mandated suicide prevention procedures that could have saved his life, Courthouse News reports. Regal's family focused its lawsu…

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