An Arkansas family is suing a county jail after a man arrested during a mental health crisis died of malnutrition and dehydration while in custody.

Larry Eugene Price Jr. was arrested in August 2020 and taken to Sebastian County jail. Price suffered from severe mental illness, including schizophrenia. Price could not afford $100 bail and waited an entire year in prison in solitary confinement. He reportedly ate his excrement and refused his medication.

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At the time of his arrest, the 6-foot-2-inch Price weighed 185 pounds. When he died a year later, in August 2021, he weighed 90 pounds.

Eugene Price's Brother Rodney Price is suing Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC, the healthcare corporation providing medical services to people at the jail, a Turn Key psychiatrist and nurse, and several other unnamed defendants.
The lawsuit claims the jail staff "was not equipped to safely manage a patient like Mr. Price on a long-term basis. It did not have sufficient staffing or training to provide him with safe, effective care."

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